I get it. I do. Dickens was unhappy with English society and he rips into it, as he does in all of his books that I have read. And at times, he is his usual biting/hilarious self. But on the whole this thing is intermnable. It goes on and on and on and on, and there are all sorts of characters,...
I love Dickens and no one narrates a Dickens book better than Simon Vance. David Copperfield and Bleak House were 2 of my favorite audiobooks from 2010. But Little Dorrit is only getting 3 stars from me. And it's not due to the narration. The title character of the story, Amy Dorrit is born in t...
That synopsis does not do this book justice. As anyone who has read other works by Dickens, his books are very rarely as simple as this synopsis would imply. However, considering the novel's length, a short synopsis is as good as any.Given my unabashed love for all things Dickens, I am absolutely ...
One evening when I was six, I took one of my mom’s embroidered tablecloths along with a cup, saucer, and teapot from her Japanese tea service out into the backyard and simulated the scene where Amy visits Mr. Clennam at the Marshalsea—even taking one of the flowerheads from Mom’s hydrangea bush, pre...
Well, it was far from Dickens' finest. In fact, it is one of my least favorite of his. The plot is vague, at best, and by story's end, I had many questions left unanswered. It was incredibly frustrating to not be able to really understand what was going on. For instance, what exactly happened to Art...
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