I hadn't read a lot of Dickens before this. A Christmas Carol is a sentimental favorite, but A Tale of Two Cities bored me to tears the couple of times I tried. I remember liking Hard Times when I read it for college, but I can't remember a thing about that book. I can't imagine the details of Great...
2/3/2013: One of the more accessible Dickens works. I thought "Bleak House", while a good story, was muddled as I was not familiar with the historical legal issues Dickens was illuminating. This is a straight forward narrative where knowledge of Newgate Prison and the colonization of Australia wi...
I first read this in high school and I remember thinking that the story was good but the experience of reading this book was awful. Wanted to see how I felt about two English degrees later. I stand by my original review. It's an interesting tale and I caught a lot more of the humor this time aroun...
So it took me like a month to read this book and now it's taken me like a month to get around to reviewing it. Basically, it's a lot to digest ... and I'm trying to figure out a way to review this properly. But ... GAH IT'S SO MUCH.This was my first time reading Dickens. It took me 20 years of my li...
It was pretty amazing, but some of the writing style was a bit hard to read. And people kept telling me all the exciting parts before I got a chance to read it. But I got through it eventually, and the ending was pretty good. And I finished this a long time ago but didn't update Goodreads. So. Read ...
Gah!Bah!Pffft!The ending soooo did NOT make the book worthwhile reading! So I appreciated the whole lessons bit (typical!) but well, I knew it, I just knew it!Since, it took me so long to get around to reading this classical work, I supposed I shouldn't complain so much but I just thought Miss Havi...
A third re-read as this is Hayes' choice for the Three Musketeers.The paper book is somewhere on the shelves and I can't be bothered with the hunt so it is full steam ahead with an audio. I had a 'Read By Frank Muller' version that has collapsed over time/non-use, however, and fortuitously, this one...
Other thoughts/reviews:Project Gutenberg Project: http://projectgutenbergproject.blogspot.be/2012/09/review-great-expectations-by-charles.htmlBeauty is a Sleeping Cat: http://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/charles-dickens-great-expectations-1861/http://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.c...
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