I am a huge Dickens fan. I hear there is at least one other who posts here. Are there any more?
Some quick faves:
I loved David Copperfield, just loved it. I remember laughing out loud several times while reading it.
Bleak House is also a favorite. Maybe it's the lawyer in me that loved that one. The latest PBS version was pretty good. I also saw an earlier version (Emma Peel as Lady Dedlok and Ian Holm as John Jarndyce) that was better.
Our Mutual Friend was also a lot of fun. The PBS version was well-done.
I read A Christmas Carol - the unabridged version - every Christmas. I think I can get my 11 year-old daughter to listen to me read it to her this year.
I am trying to read Nickelby now, but I keep getting distracted.
Those interested in Dickens will enjoy this movie review:
I am going to try to see the movie he reviews, Slumdog Millionaire, as soon as I can.
Some quick faves:
I loved David Copperfield, just loved it. I remember laughing out loud several times while reading it.
Bleak House is also a favorite. Maybe it's the lawyer in me that loved that one. The latest PBS version was pretty good. I also saw an earlier version (Emma Peel as Lady Dedlok and Ian Holm as John Jarndyce) that was better.
Our Mutual Friend was also a lot of fun. The PBS version was well-done.
I read A Christmas Carol - the unabridged version - every Christmas. I think I can get my 11 year-old daughter to listen to me read it to her this year.
I am trying to read Nickelby now, but I keep getting distracted.
Those interested in Dickens will enjoy this movie review:
These days, though, it matters little that Charles Dickens was the greatest prose stylist the English language has ever produced and wove as no one has before or since the disparate strands of classic storytelling--realism and fancy, the natural and the supernatural, psychological character study and broad comic caricature--into a glorious tapestry. We have lost the taste for him and his work. Why would this be?
I am going to try to see the movie he reviews, Slumdog Millionaire, as soon as I can.
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