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Old 04-19-2017, 01:17 PM   #198
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
I hadn't read any Dickens since college until a year or so ago, when I listened to the audiobook versions of a half dozen or so books in succession, including David Copperfield. I felt very virtuous finally reading Dickens again, which helped sustain me through all the hours. And I do love all the quirky characters. I'm hoping to return to Dickens again this summer, again with audiobooks.
I think audiobooks are a fabulous way to consume the Victorian novelists. I've listened to several so far this year as part of one of my annual challenges and I'm enjoying the heck out of them. Like you, I hadn't really read them since my salad days; now they're going to go into my permanent repertory.

Dora is awful. David Copperfield isn't among my favorite Dickens and Dickens isn't among my favorite Victorian novelists.
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