Charles Dickens discussion

Introduce yourself! Tell us a book you like.

Hi! I'm Emily, I'm 14, a book I like, I haven't read any Charles Dickens, but I like Watership Down.

Hi! Welcome to my new group!

thanks!

Hi, I'm sehren my favorite Charles Dickens book is a Christmas carol!

Welcome Sehren! :) I just read the Christmas Carol right before Christmas (imagine that)!

crazy!!! small worls lol

:)

how did you like it???

It was awesome! Better than the shows.

agreed!!!!!

Do you want to nominate a book to read in April? Nominating ends on Friday (like all the other groups).

Hi, it's me!
I haven't read a lot of Charles Dickens, but I started Oliver Twist a long time ago, but I didn't get to finish it. I've read a lot of excerpts from a lot of his books, and I can't name all of them, so there.

I am about at the same page as you. I've read A Tale of Two Cities and started Oliver Twist. I created this group to read more of Dickens's works.

I started A Tale of Two Cities, but I couldn't get past page 11.

Hi. When I was younger, I read "A Christmas Carol" and loved it. That love led me to "Oliver Twist" which I've read twice, and then to "Great Expectations". I tried "A Tale of Two Cities" and couldn't get into it, but that may have just been my faulty mindset due to life's circumstances. I'm also a fan of John Irving whose literary hero is Dickens. There's a fantastic essay he wrote entitled "The King Of The Novel" (published in "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed")which made me love Dickens AND Irving even more. If you like Dickens, it's worth a read!

The only Dickens book I've started was A Tale of Two Cities. Welcome!

Great! Glad that you like some of Dickens' works because most of us just haven't read them yet. All I've read are A Tale of Two Cities (one of my favorite books of all time) and A Christmas Carol. I've read a few other short stories as well like Mugby Junction, Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, and The Seven Poor Travelers.

Thanks for telling me about those short stories, Connor. I'll have to look them up and give them a read!

Your Welcome! Mugby Junction is better than the others. The Seven Poor Travelers is the most famous of the three I think.

Welcome new victim, er, member.

O_O

My thoughts exactly... o_O ...what did I get myself into? Some strange Dickenson-esque plot where I get cyber pickpocketed?

It depends on which members you talk to I guess...

Eh, it's okay... all they'll get is 3 pennies, a rumpled reciept, and some pocket lint.

:) if they pickpocket me, they'll have almost 100 dollars, 50 cents in pennies, chap stick, and a pedometer.

Be careful, that Chapstick makes you a target, especially if it's cherry! ;)

:) it's flavorless. (:

GROSS!!!

lol... Emily, you can relax. I was just sayin' Chapstick's a valuable item! In other words, forget the $100, the Chapstick's what's worth stealing!

:) If you pick pocketed me, you'd get NOTHING!!!

I sure hope so! As long as I have chapstick, I don't have to worry about getting mugged. :)

Brenda makes this group say dumb things. :)
Omigod, you're amazing!!!

Thanks, Val...can I call you Val? Stay tuned for further antics! I'll try to keep things entertaining for you.

Hi, I'm Camilla and I read A Christmas Carol and am reading Great Expectations.

Hi Camilla! I read (and loved) A Christmas Carol but haven't read Great Expectations yet. Have fun in this group. We like it when active members join the group.

Thanks Connor, I loved A Christmas Carol too but Great Expectations is a little hard to read.

I heard it's his hardest and most serious work.

I don't know if it is but I can tell you that I'm having a hard time reading it.Hard and wonderful at the same time.

Good about the wonderful. I do like hard books, but not too hard.

I like it for the challenge but I've been reading it for several months because I reread each chapter several times. And sometimes I give up for a while and come back later.

:)

Thank you for leting me join your group. I'm reading tale of Two Cities and it seems, Bleak House (?)

Since I've been able to download free ebooks, I have gonea little crazy reading classics as well as some rather obscure public domain books. Am having a wonderful time. Managed to get through War and Peace and even enjoyed it as well as Vanity Fair and The Moonstone.

Look forward to Dickens.

Kathy

Welcome Kathy! A Tale of Two Cities is my favorite book besides The Lord of the Rings. You will enjoy it. The last few pages are worth it (you'll see me post that a lot). Have fun and we hope you participate in the Bleak House discussion.

GAH! WE START READING IT ALREADY?!

Well, it doesn't start until April. I get the start dates messed up. The poll ended on the 5th but we start on the 10th. Sorry.

Oh! i panicked for a second. :P sorry

Lol! You could start any time! The discussions will be up for several months I think.

That's a long time.

I read to page 11 on a PDF. I need to get it in print. :/