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#71565

JK2006

Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago

In the South of France I suddenly felt my annual need to reread a Charles Dickens novel and couldn't find the appropriate one in the Cannes English bookshop. So, thanks to my fweng Google, I tracked down another shop in nearby Valbonne.

What a pretty little village! And the shop did, indeed, have a copy of Hard Times buried upstairs.

Superb read - check me out in Attitudes and Opinions.

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#71637

Blackit

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
Haven't you got a Kindle yet JK? They're perfect for travelling with. I agree that Hard Times is a wonderful novel. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71639

Solihull Exile

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago

JK2006 wrote:
In the South of France I suddenly felt my annual need to reread a Charles Dickens novel and couldn't find the appropriate one in the Cannes English bookshop. So, thanks to my fweng Google, I tracked down another shop in nearby Valbonne.

What a pretty little village! And the shop did, indeed, have a copy of Hard Times buried upstairs.

Superb read - check me out in Attitudes and Opinions.

www.kingofhits.co.uk/index.php/Attitudes...Charles-Dickens.html

Bleak house is very close to me,have to get my reading glasses on

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#71642

JK2006

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
Still avoiding Kindle Blackit (though my books are on it)... I love good old books and wonderful book shops. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71654

Phoenix Lazarus

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
I wonder if At Last, The 1948 Show (I think it was them that featured the sketch) based their sketch of Yorkshiremen sitting around comparing hard childhoods and trying to go one-up on one another in that sense ("Ah-luxury! You had it easy!" etc) on Mr Bounderby? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71662

Phoenix Lazarus

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
What's your favourite Dickens novel, Jonathan? I think mine may be Nicholas Nickleby, as Ralph Nickleby is such a complex character-deeply bitter and vindictive, yet still able to feel care for his niece and remorse for his own child. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71665

JK2006

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
Bleak House by miles but I love them all. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71666

Phoenix Lazarus

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
Bleak House is good but just a tiny bit overlong, in my view. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71667

JK2006

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
The RSC adaptation of Nickleby with Roger Rees in the lead role was the best stage event ever. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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Last Edit: 2011/06/29 20:57 By JK2006.

#71699

veritas

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
when you get a good writer like Dickens you realise the human condition doesn't change. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#71705

JK2006

Re:Hard Times - Charles Dickens 12 Years, 10 Months ago
Delighted by how many posters also love Dickens and yes, PL, you're right - Merdle was indeed a Ponzi original. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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