28-12-2015, 08:28 AM
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Dickens was one of our greatest writers. He is still read in Russia. Sadly these days the quick read novel rules the day and, as I found teaching, more and more young people can no longer sustain reading a long novel. I had to read Scott's Heart of Midlothian for A Level Today they read Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. But they can text chat, snap chat better than I do. This Christmas I've been re-reading Anna Kerenina while the grandchildren fiddle with their mobile phones and look on me as some kind of museum piece able to win Pub Quizzes.
28-12-2015, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jaywalker
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Maybe I'm odd but I've never thought of Dickens' novels as drivel. I've read them all at one time or another and taught them occasionally and seen most of the filmed versions and although his language is a bit archaic now, the characters and social messages are still relevant. When it gets here we'll watch it and make our own judgement I guess.
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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don't get me wrong jw I love Dickens, it's this version I hated.
I admire a lot of the Dickens novels, they helped to contribute to social reform. It is sacrilege to me to steal Dickensian characters and to use them in this way.
Far better to have an adaptation of a Dickens novel.
28-12-2015, 10:20 AM
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I rather like the mix of characters, I often think,"What if this happened " and wonder what went on before and after the main story. I wanted to know why Miss Haversham was jilted, for instance. The writers could have used new and different characters but, having ones that we know makes it more intriguing for me.Murdoch Mysteries is one of my favourite series and often in that there are famous characters, such as Conan Doyle, Tesla, Eddison, Jack the Ripper etc. It's fiction after all, anything goes!
01-01-2016, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by zuludog
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I had to read Dickens at school, about 50 years agoI thought it was drivel then, and still do. I
01-01-2016, 06:53 AM
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I used to enjoy Dickens very much when I was in my teens and read them all; over the years I have reread some of them. I still have a rather old set of all his novels in my bookshelf. You have to remember they were originally published as serials in a magazine hence the constant climaxes in the novels (think Saturday morning flicks).Don't have any particular objection to updating famous novels, I enjoyed "Death Comes to Pemberley" and "Lost in Austen" even "10 Things I Hate about You".
I will download a couple of episodes to see if they suit my taste before I bother to get the rest.
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