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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 1562 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1137 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1032 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1089 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 474 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1064 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1088 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1091 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1003 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1041 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1066 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1149 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1127 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1147 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1052 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1149 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 948 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1201 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 522 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1029 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1031 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1060 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1133 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1060 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1065 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1086 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 962 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1065 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1180 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1053 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1044 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1007 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1131 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1025 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1034 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1181 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 661 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 488 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 1053 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1067 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1118 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1134 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1009 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1095 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 939 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1010 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1039 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1001 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1133 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1089 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 994 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 996 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1027 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 930 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1101 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1093 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1088 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1063 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1020 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1123 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1034 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 927 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1149 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1078 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1049 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 479 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 457 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1118 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 915 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1054 Views
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All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 443 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1026 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1155 Views
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