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Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM
Sorry, I just wanted to have a little play on words there.


Nate beat you to it ;)

Have you read any Dickens?

YES!

What have you read?

I have read A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. I also have David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop and Oliver Twist but haven't gotten around to reading them just yet.

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

I've heard of all of them, though asking me to recite them would invariably lead me to forget one or two. Off the top of my head I can think of Nicholas Nickleby (or however that's spelled), Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend, Edwin Drood, The Pickwick Papers...they all have weird names.


How do you know you have heard of all of them?

Why have you not read them?

We make choices in what we read, and in what order.


Yes. I was wondering about the rationale behind the choices.

What is your perception of Dickens?

Uneven as an author - some stuff is good and some is not as good. A bit stilted in the prose department. I think part of it is that I just don't like these installation-novels from the Nineteenth Century.

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

I saw "Great Expectations" with Gwyneth Paltrow (she was good there, but I think I could marry Margot Tenenbaum...but I digress). I seem to remember watching the first half of Oliver! but not the second half, and of course who hasn't seen at least one version of A Christmas Carol?

Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?
Damn I wish I could remember it. It's a word that no one uses and when I saw it I thought it was a misprint of "prevaricate" because it was obviously along the same lines in meaning, but it was like perstication or pervastication or something like that.
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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 1215 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 1136 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1168 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 1088 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 1217 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 1125 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 1274 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 1073 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 1162 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1256 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
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1202 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1093 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 1249 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 695 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 1128 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 1223 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1089 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
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1114 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1080 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1206 Views
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 1083 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1107 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1011 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1172 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1172 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1114 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1108 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1056 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1036 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1128 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1165 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1059 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1087 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1139 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1136 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1104 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 991 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1206 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1105 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1002 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1230 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1160 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1005 Views
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 519 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 494 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1197 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 996 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1255 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1120 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1329 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1217 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1270 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 475 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1112 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1236 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1155 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1333 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1311 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1326 Views
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