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In fairness to poor old Dickens, the "paid by the word" thing is actually a myth. He was paid by installment, but not by the word. I know it seems like it, though.
Laura wrote: "In fairness to poor old Dickens, the "paid by the word" thing is actually a myth. He was paid by installment, but not by the word. I know it seems like it, though."
I don't think I would enjoy Dickens even if the books were cut down to a quarter their size. Its not just that they are too wordy, its I don't enjoy the stories or the characters very much.
I love Dickens, Petra X. But I have to admit, I came to him on my own, and I was already an adult. If you ever feel like giving him another try, read "Our Mutual Friend."
Helen wrote: "I love Dickens, Petra X. But I have to admit, I came to him on my own, and I was already an adult. If you ever feel like giving him another try, read "Our Mutual Friend.""
I will NEVER read Dickens again voluntarily (ok, never is a long time). I had to read one a term for my entire high school years and I hated each one. Life is too short, besides once you've read Trollope there's an equally large canon of books to work through and he is so much more enjoyable than Dickens.
Ha! I hate Trollope! Some nice man at The Strand in NYC suggested that if I liked Dickens, I would like Trollope. My sweet husband bought the whole set. I tried, I really did...I read the one about some heartless gold digger who wouldn't give back a pearl necklace--I couldn't believe he'd written a whole novel about it. Oh well! So it goes.
I didn't like that book much either. I've read at least 16 Trollope's and I find him quite variable. His books rate from 2 stars to 7+ stars to me.
But you know, different strokes for different folks. The only people I can't stand are those that get emotional about their favourite books and troll people who don't agree.
Yes, you're absolutely right. Incidentally--do you have a favorite Trollope? One that you would recommend?
I really enjoyed these two Dr. Thorne, Orley Farm.
You could check the Trollope's on my booklist. I've reviewed some of them.
Oh, goody, I'll do that. Thank you, Petra. Have a good weekend.
This book was so confusing to me, plus I was forced to read it for school. I bet it's a lot better than I'm making it out to be, but still. I also REALLY disliked Estella.
School has the effect of killing off all enjoyment of certain authors and books.
What you mean Kevin is that you felt like expressing that your taste is the superior one and that you felt like backing that up by getting rude.
I can get rude too. Piss off dickhead :-)
Kevin deleted his extremely rude and patronising comment expressing what he thought of people like me, lol. He should at least have the courage of his convictions.
I hate everything I’ve ever read by Charles Dickens, which isn’t much. A Tale of Two Cities was a bunch of maudlin words put in some kind of order. Yet I’m a writer and I feel that missing this is missing a big part of my education. Should I try again with Great Expectations?
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In fairness to poor old Dickens, the "paid by the word" thing is actually a myth. He was paid by installment, but not by the word. I know it seems like it, though.
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Laura wrote: "In fairness to poor old Dickens, the "paid by the word" thing is actually a myth. He was paid by installment, but not by the word. I know it seems like it, though."I don't think I would enjoy Dickens even if the books were cut down to a quarter their size. Its not just that they are too wordy, its I don't enjoy the stories or the characters very much.
I love Dickens, Petra X. But I have to admit, I came to him on my own, and I was already an adult. If you ever feel like giving him another try, read "Our Mutual Friend."
Helen wrote: "I love Dickens, Petra X. But I have to admit, I came to him on my own, and I was already an adult. If you ever feel like giving him another try, read "Our Mutual Friend.""I will NEVER read Dickens again voluntarily (ok, never is a long time). I had to read one a term for my entire high school years and I hated each one. Life is too short, besides once you've read Trollope there's an equally large canon of books to work through and he is so much more enjoyable than Dickens.
Ha! I hate Trollope! Some nice man at The Strand in NYC suggested that if I liked Dickens, I would like Trollope. My sweet husband bought the whole set. I tried, I really did...I read the one about some heartless gold digger who wouldn't give back a pearl necklace--I couldn't believe he'd written a whole novel about it. Oh well! So it goes.
I didn't like that book much either. I've read at least 16 Trollope's and I find him quite variable. His books rate from 2 stars to 7+ stars to me. But you know, different strokes for different folks. The only people I can't stand are those that get emotional about their favourite books and troll people who don't agree.
Yes, you're absolutely right. Incidentally--do you have a favorite Trollope? One that you would recommend?
I really enjoyed these two Dr. Thorne, Orley Farm.You could check the Trollope's on my booklist. I've reviewed some of them.
Oh, goody, I'll do that. Thank you, Petra. Have a good weekend.
This book was so confusing to me, plus I was forced to read it for school. I bet it's a lot better than I'm making it out to be, but still. I also REALLY disliked Estella.
School has the effect of killing off all enjoyment of certain authors and books.
What you mean Kevin is that you felt like expressing that your taste is the superior one and that you felt like backing that up by getting rude.I can get rude too. Piss off dickhead :-)
Kevin deleted his extremely rude and patronising comment expressing what he thought of people like me, lol. He should at least have the courage of his convictions.
I hate everything I’ve ever read by Charles Dickens, which isn’t much. A Tale of Two Cities was a bunch of maudlin words put in some kind of order. Yet I’m a writer and I feel that missing this is missing a big part of my education. Should I try again with Great Expectations?
