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Charles Dickens book recommendations?

#1 miss lisa

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 07:51 PM

im doing a term paper on charles dickens and i have to read three of his books. ive never read ne thing by him and i kno of sum of his more well known books, but does ne one have ne suggestions? preferably nothing too long.. maybe a little over 300 tops. also, wuts your basic opinion on his works?

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 08:10 PM

umm... BASIC opinion about his works... BORING.... try christmas carol... or oliver twist.... i think those two are the easiest....

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 08:20 PM

There's a book section in Soompi..

But yeah ... Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist are pretty well known books.

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:04 PM

I've bought a couple of his books, though unfortunately, I haven't read either of them yet. But I go on a lot of books forums, talked to a lot of bibliophiles, etc, and I'd say, collectively, I've heard the most good things about Great Expectations and Bleak House. Bleak House, I hear, is his masterpiece.

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:15 PM

i liked his Tale of Two Cities, surprisingly. haha i found it pretty good.

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:23 PM

^ Haha, I liked Tale of Two Cities, too, but other than that...

N O N E. His books are so boring! Tale of Two Cities is the only book I liked because it was Historical fiction.

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:29 PM

he wrote alot of poems too.. i suggest The Christmas Carols since its well known and im guessing you know the story? haha it'll be easy to do since you already know the story

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:40 PM

QUOTE(dying1004 @ Sep 17 2006, 12:15 AM)

i liked his Tale of Two Cities, surprisingly. haha i found it pretty good.

I agree. I think it`s the most exciting of his work (grr, apostrophe button isn`t working x__x)...
I had to read Great Expectations for freshman English... I didn`t read the whole thing, but it was all right.

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:51 PM

his books aren't...boring.

check out great expectations. I really liked it. and check out edwin drood. ahaha. he died before he finished it though...

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Posted 17 September 2006 - 06:50 PM

A Tale of Two Cities! one of my favorite books. at the time i was learning about the French Revolution in APEuro, so the book made history seem more interesting. it wasnt boring at all for me (except the first few pages are quite laggy)

ive also heard Great Expectations was good.