The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens

by Frederic George Kitton

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Genres: Poetry, Classics, Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Kendalyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prose is definitely Dickens strong suite but these were enjoyable.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting to read Dickins' poetry in one compendium. Much of it can also be found scattered arfound his other works. Nevertheless I don't read a lot of poetry and did not find this as deep and profound as I probably ought. Someone would probably need to draw some lessons out from it. Also some formatting issues on this free Kindle ebook.

[Nanuska_153]

The book it's made of many fragments published all through Dickens career. I give it only 3 stars because some of them are so out of context that they don't make much sense to be published on its own. It worth reading for the political poems that he published on newspapers criticising the Tories, which I would have rated them 5 stars if they were on it's own

[Katie Solt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book it was good

[Petra]

Read in honor of our man's birthday and like...it's not bad but he really is better at writing prose

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a poet he really was a good novelist!

[Yas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good ole Dickens is def better at prose

[Peter Longden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Day 19
#thesealeychallenge #poetry

Rousing, moving, political, Dickensian!

A reflection of the time, Dickens wrote for song and ballad, satire and narrative. A short, enjoyable insight to wealthy Victorian life with some empathy towards those without.

‘The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens’ by Charles Dickens
Reflective of his time: in ‘Squire Norton’s Song’ — “A country life, without the strife / And noisy din of town, / Is all I need, I take no heed / Of splendour or renown.”
Not a fan of the politics of the day, his verse often an attack on Tory policy towards the country: in ‘THE BRITISH LION A NEW SONG, BUT AN OLD STORY’ — “The British Lion bold! / That was always a-going for to do great things, / And was always being ‘sold!’”
A fascinating collection that sheds light on the life and times of Dickensian England.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The majority of the poems in this collection appeared in Dickens other works - the Pickwick Papers, and several plays written with Wilkie Collins (!). I enjoyed the straight-forward verses best. NOTE: If you get the Kindle edition, you need to trick the Kindle into showing the end of several of the longer poems by highlighting the start of a verse low on the page and then using the "View Notes" to force the highlighted section to the top of the page.

[JLynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's rare for me to come across a work of Dickens that I haven't read. I think my biggest problem with this isn't the work itself, but the odd formatting of the digital edition. The flow is lost in weird page breaks and split lines.

[Fazackerly Toast · Rating 3 out of 5]

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