Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

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  1. Kelly Hashway7 February 2012 at 11:32

    Great quotes. I took a college course as an undergrad where we read nothing but Dickens's work. I love the books, and hated how quickly we had to read them. Um, Bleak House is insanely long and we read it in less than a week. Still, Dickens is a master. Happy birthday, Mr. Dickens!

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  2. KatieC7 February 2012 at 14:02

    What a great post! I love Dickens, and read many, many of his books in high school (on my own, not for school). Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Unpublished Life7 February 2012 at 14:02

    Wonderful post.

    I also had to read Bleak House as part of my course in Uni. It was so long, and there was a lot of pressure to get it done, fast.

    But, his characterisation has always been absolutely fantastic. His description of industrial age Britain is so detailed.

    Happy Birthday:)

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  4. Fi7 February 2012 at 14:38

    Was Bleak House the one with the Grimes family? My favourite Dickens novels are Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities (which I'm re-reading at the moment).

    Thanks for all the comments.

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  5. Yanting Gueh9 February 2012 at 14:20

    Yay, a post on Dickens! I read few of his, and the least prolific 'Barnaby Rudge' is my favourite. Little Dorrit required some warming-up to, but it's good, too.

    Claudine
    http://www.carryusoffbooks.com/blog.html

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  6. Rena J. Traxel16 February 2012 at 09:43

    I loved Great Expectations! I haven't read Tale of Two Cities, not yet anyways.

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