angieb58 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) enjoying the Dickens novels.so far only 2,Great Expectations and David Copperfield. David Copperfield is so good it deserves multi readings! Dickens has wriiten NOTES ON AMERICA. I'm sure he has written Notes on Italy? Edited March 7, 2009 by Michelle posts merged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I would reccomend 'Hard Times'. In my opinion it is Dickens best novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busy91 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I've only read "A Christmas Carol", but I am currently reading "Bleak House". That should take me forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanna Addison Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I have read Oliver Twist; A Tale of Two Cities; The Pickwick Papers; Bleak House; and Little Dorrit and reading Martin Chuzzlewit. Favourite so far is A Tale of Two Cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I would reccomend 'Hard Times'. In my opinion it is Dickens best novel. Agreed. It is a very good, satirical novel. I love Dickens. My other fave is Great Expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.gal83 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 When I was still a child, I remembered reading his book, Oliver Twist. It was a very thick book for me as a child, but I managed to finish it. I really enjoyed it. I felt a lot for the orphan, Oliver and the sad life that he had to go through. I love the ending, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Great Expectations was the first book I read on my own as a kid and it's still in my top 5. I love Pip and how he aspires to get away from his poor upbringing to become a gentleman when the only 'gentle' man in the book is Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. I just like how it shows that things aren't always as they appear. Edited March 29, 2010 by Nicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuggleMagic Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I have read: Christmas Carol Hard Times Great Expectations Oliver Twist. My favourite was Great Expectations. It is really gripping and the characters are very well developed and engaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I actually didn't like Great Expectations. I just didn't sympathize with the characters. David Copperfield is my definite favorite, although Bleak House, Oliver Twist, and Nicholas Nickleby are high up on my list as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetiiPie85 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I would really like to read a few of Charles Dickens books. I have Great Expectations at home which I still have to get around to reading. I would also like to read A Christmas Carol (my favourite christmas film ), David Copperfield and Bleak House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewell Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 My favourite is Our mutual Friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thats my next one to read after 'Bleak House' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustoMerckx Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Admission . . . I've never read anything by Charles Dickens. What's a good one to start with? I fancy reading a lesser known one so that I don't know the plot from film and TV adaptations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccles Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Just received a Christmas Carol / The Chimes By Charles Dickens from Bookcrossing I am aware of teh former but not The Chimes so I will read that first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I have started reading my lovely hardback copy of, A Christmas Carol which is illustrated by Quentin Blake, I`m enjoying it too, maybe the illustrations are helping because the only Dickens book I tried reading before was Great Expectations and I really couldn`t get on with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've been meaning to read a Charles Dickens novel for so long but all my attempts at it fail... Well, I've mostly attempted with The Pickwick Papers. I don't know, maybe 2009 was just a bad reading year. At any rate I wanted an opnion from the fans. I have Barneby Rudge and Nicolas Nickleby on my TBR list. Which do you think I should read first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOwl Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Admission . . . I've never read anything by Charles Dickens. What's a good one to start with? I fancy reading a lesser known one so that I don't know the plot from film and TV adaptations Try 'Pickwick Papers' as a gentle introduction - it's light, amusing and will give you a good idea of Dickens' work without outfacing you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The only Dickens Book I have read is A Christmas Carol. Fully intend to read Great Expectations and I also like the look of The Old Curiosity Shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Ever so slightly off-topic... When I was down South back in the mid-nineties I went to Broadstairs to see Dickens House. The large white building is quite impressive, and when I stopped at the walkway around it (which is covered in shells from the beach a very short walk away) I saw a fox about five feet away from me. It came closer, probably wondering why I was dawdling and staring at the building, then jumped on the wall. That fox watched me as I continued on, and to this day I'm certain that the building has some kind of magic around it - not literal magic, just... An aura perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 That's a very cool story, BW. What a special moment that must have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 It was. There's another building which Dickens had in the area, but I never managed to track it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I haven't read them all yet but my faves so far would be 'Great Expectations' (truly astonishing) and 'Bleak House'. I love 'A Christmas Carol' too and read it every year. The one's I've read are Bleak House Great Expectations Nicholas Nickleby David Copperfield Sketches by Boz Pickwick Papers Martin Chuzzlewit Our Mutual Friend A Christmas Carol The Chimes I really want to read 'A Tale of Two Cities' sometime this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I really want to read 'A Tale of Two Cities' sometime this year. That one is so far the only Dickens novel I've ever read. However, it's on my top 5 books ever, I absolutely loved it! I hope you get to read it this year and will enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Thanks frankie ... I've got it on my shelf. I have a lot of Puffin classics because I bought a little bookcase from an antique shop and it's shelves weren't deep enough to fit standard sized paperbacks .. luckily I discovered that the Puffic classics fit perfectly. One of the one's that I bought was 'Tale of Two Cities' and so there's no excuse not to start reading it this year. I know the story from films and also an abridged reading that I once heard but you only ever get half the story from that so looking forward to reading it in detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I think the Puffin Tale of Two Cities is abridged too, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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