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Old 12-24-2012, 08:06 AM   #1
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Interesting editorial about reading Dickens
An interesting editorial from the BBC News web site, from a man who set himself the challenge of reading all of Dickens's novels in a year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20663427
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Just finished Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust - this article made me chuckle!

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A character is held prisoner by a madman - and forced to read Dickens aloud to earn his dinner.
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Thanks for posting that link Harry. Very interesting
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