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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin Send a noteboard - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM
I am constructing a course on Dickens, and so started wondering what I could expect people to have read. I would therefore be very happy if you could reply even if you haven't read anything.

Have you read any Dickens?

Yes

What have you read?

Great Expectations & A Tale of Two Cities (although that latter I read in high school and don't remember much of it)

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

Sure,Oliver Twist and David Copperfield off the top of my head. Plus he did A Christmas Carol and a similar story about and insect and a hearth I think.

Why have you not read them?

If I made excusses for every book I haven't read I would do nothing else.

What is your perception of Dickens?

A bit on the dry side. I remember reading an abridged version of Great Expectations in high school and enjoying it, but I found the full novel to be much drier when I read it years later.

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

A Christmas Carol, and I wouldn't be surprised if I have seen something else, but I don't recall for sure. Maybe Oliver Twist in school?

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

Dry.
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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 1135 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 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 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 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 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 1113 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 1035 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 1135 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 990 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 518 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 1328 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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