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Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM
Have you read any Dickens?

I have not. I do own a copy of Oliver Twist though.

What have you read?

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

Just so. A Christmas Carol of course, everyone knows that one. At the moment I can also think of Bleak House, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Hard Times, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Why have you not read them?

They're not high enough on my priority list given my limited reading time. I have some interest in them given that they're classics, but not enough to get past that first thing. I was never given any as assigned reading in any classes, including several first and second year university English literature classes.


I sympathise. I think a lot of teachers are hesitant about putting the good Dickens stuff on reading lists simply because they are so long. People keep reading A Christmas Carol, but not all that many others.

What is your perception of Dickens?

Wordy, likely because of how he wrote and was paid for the books. Lots of characters. And for some reason I think of chimney sweepers.


When you say you know how he was paid, what do you mean?

I don't know where the chimney sweepers comes from.

Have you seen any film/series versions of Dickens' novels?

Multiple versionf of A Christmas Carol, and one version of Oliver Twist.

Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?

Chimney sweepers.


Interesting.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1638 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1214 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1107 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1159 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 507 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1135 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1167 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1166 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1087 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1108 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1147 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1216 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1200 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1241 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1124 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1228 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 998 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1273 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 552 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1100 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1072 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1108 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1202 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1137 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1142 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1165 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1033 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1161 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1255 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1132 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1112 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1084 Views
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mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1092 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1113 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1248 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 694 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 524 Views
Please tell me they haven't started letting people out of High School without making them read CD? Cannoli - 13/06/2011 10:16:10 PM 1127 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1139 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1197 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1222 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1088 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1168 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1016 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1090 Views
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They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1158 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1070 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1082 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1105 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1009 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1171 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1172 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1165 Views
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A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1104 Views
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Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1230 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1130 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 518 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 494 Views
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All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 475 Views
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Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1235 Views
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