tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post615446333205664732..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: charles dickens bicentenialToadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-20862793263623136322012-02-07T22:12:21.726-06:002012-02-07T22:12:21.726-06:00Flo, my favorite for new kids to Dickens are The C...Flo, my favorite for new kids to Dickens are The Christmas Carol. The George c. Scott movie was pretty true to the language, but the nuance hidden in the book is so much better. My second choice, again a story line you are probably somewhat familiar, is Oliver Twist. I won dinner by knowing how Bill Sykes died.Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-35934355174529912962012-02-07T18:45:05.844-06:002012-02-07T18:45:05.844-06:00"One of my greatest treasures is a copy of th..."One of my greatest treasures is a copy of the original 1843 manuscript of A Christmas Carol, given by my daughter last Christmas."<br /><br />Double triple WOW. Unbelievably beautiful gift. Again, wow. I shall embarrass, nay SHAME, myself by confessing that aside from reading your manuscript, I've never read one word of Dickens. Where should I begin exploring "the great man"?<br /><br />-FloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-91779002548637814482012-02-07T04:59:07.529-06:002012-02-07T04:59:07.529-06:00Ah Dickens, great stories, pity the man himself wa...Ah Dickens, great stories, pity the man himself was a bit of an arse. I can't get beyond his cruelty to his wife. He wrote about injustice and hard times, but had no difficulty in justifying his own cruel actions. Still a great wordsmith though!<br />Di<br />XYONKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659751063643621817noreply@blogger.com