grasswire
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Thu Jan-13-11 10:28 PM
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Has anyone here read ALL of Charles Dickens works? |
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I'm thinking of attempting this literary trek.
Most of us have read some Dickens in school. I've read a few others over the years. But I want to read everything he wrote. Including his Child's History of England.
Which Dickens piece of writing did you like best?
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Thu Jan-13-11 11:25 PM
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1. I have read every book except "Barnaby Rudge". |
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My favorite is "David Copperfield".
Followed by:
Little Dorrit Domby & Son Our Mutual Friend Martin Chuzzlewit
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Nicholas Nickelby
I didn't like:
Great Expectations Hard Times
I have read the Child's History and recommend it strongly. So well written and wry!
I have also read several biographies and visited his home in London.
He is my favorite author.
I don't know why I never read Barnaby Rudge... I guess I just ran out of steam.
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Thu Jan-13-11 11:41 PM
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2. did you like Bleak House? |
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I adored the Masterpiece Theater serial of it and expect to like the reading of it a lot too.
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Fri Jan-14-11 12:03 AM
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6. How could I leave out Bleak House?! |
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Yes. Should have had it on my list of favorites.
Tragic, slow ruination of a family by the legal system.
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Fri Jan-14-11 12:05 AM
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7. Was that the version with Diana Rigg? |
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I loved it as well.
Masterpiece did "Little Dorrit" recently and it was wonderful.
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Fri Jan-14-11 12:32 AM
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9. some of the phrases from Bleak House have become part of the family language |
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"Shake me up!"
The two teenagers adored it! One is now majoring in literature at community college.
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Thu Jan-13-11 11:41 PM
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3. Saving Our Mutual Friend until just before I die. |
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-11 11:42 PM by wickerwoman
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Favorites would be Nicholas Nickelby, Bleak House and Oliver Twist.
But I have to say I loved Dickens as a teen and then reread some stuff in my 20s and his portrayal of his female characters is *awful*. Especially in David Copperfield.
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Fri Jan-14-11 12:29 AM
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8. Fan of Desmond, or fan of John Irving? |
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Thu Jan-13-11 11:46 PM
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4. I've read almost all of them and I own the books. |
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Charles Dickens is one of the few male authors who resolved his plots.
Women seem to have done better this way.
Even with modern writers, I tend to prefer women, who seen to use less pretense and crap in their novels.
Just my opinion and preference, of course.
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Thu Jan-13-11 11:59 PM
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5. I've considered it. Does that count? |
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Fri Jan-14-11 12:36 AM
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10. Haven't read all of his works, but I catch them on Masterpiece Theater. |
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Fri Jan-14-11 08:53 AM
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I'm working on it. The majority of his pieces are free to download.
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