Mad for Dickens?

Thanks for all the recommendations! I have downloaded Harry's Barsetshire Omnibus and will read The Warden when I have cleared the decks of my current reading.

[issybird]

I'm late. As is the case with JaneD, the Palliser novels are my favorites, but the Barsetshire novels are delightful. I hope you'll follow The Warden with Barchester Towers because it would be a great loss not to meet Mrs. Proudie. I understand the problem of clearing the decks, however; said decks can resemble the Augean Stables.

[banjobama]

I'm definitely mad for Dickens. I didn't know his birthday was coming up! I'm thinking theme party...

[Mick4545]

The Telegraph have 29 pictures of Dickens best characters.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c...-pictures.html

[John A. A. Logan]

I don't think I'd have ever read A Christmas Carol, if not as an ebook. I'd have assumed seeing it in several film versions would make it a pointless read. But I found myself downloading A Christmas Carol on a whim, and started reading...and couldn't stop. Stunning quality of writing. Fresh as though it had been written last week.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by John A. A. Logan

I don't think I'd have ever read A Christmas Carol, if not as an ebook. I'd have assumed seeing it in several film versions would make it a pointless read. But I found myself downloading A Christmas Carol on a whim, and started reading...and couldn't stop. Stunning quality of writing. Fresh as though it had been written last week.

What movie version(s) of Christmas Carol did you see?

I particularly like the one with Patrick Steward as Scrooge. As he was a classical theatre performer before he turned to TV (he played many roles in Shakespeare performances, which he can also be seen doing in Star Trek TNG occasionally), he is perfectly cut out to play Scrooge. I'm a Patrick Steward fan since Star Trek... Pity the guy is over 70 already and won't be making too many movies anymore.

[John A. A. Logan]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

What movie version(s) of Christmas Carol did you see?

I particularly like the one with Patrick Steward as Scrooge. As he was a classical theatre performer before he turned to TV (he played many roles in Shakespeare performances, which he can also be seen doing in Star Trek TNG occasionally), he is perfectly cut out to play Scrooge. I'm a Patrick Steward fan since Star Trek... Pity the guy is over 70 already and won't be making too many movies anymore.

I just realised I wasn't clear when I said seeing the films had made me think the book might be a pointless read...what I meant was I enjoyed the films, but don't like to read a book after a film, when I already know all the story etc
But somehow reading A Christmas Carol was like reading a story I'd never known before....must be all the detail in the writing...
I watched the Patrick Stewart Scrooge just last Christmas and really enjoyed it. Yes, he is a fine actor, I liked him in Star Trek too. His Scrooge gave a feeling of reserved power to the character...
Also I've seen the old black and white film with Alaister Sim as Scrooge....I think I've seen Albert Finney do it too...
Probably seen it on tv every year I can remember.
Mr Stewart might make a few more film yet...saw him interviewed the other day on TV and he still looks to be going strong!

[TimW]

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So there is a nice article in the latest issue of Smithsonian Magazine: Going Mad for Charles Dickens

Marvelous photograph. Dickens looks much like his "alternate reality" doppelgänger on last year's season finale of "Doctor Who."

[SeaBookGuy]

Originally Posted by JaneD

I've heard good things about "Dr. Wortle's School," though I've never read it. It's quite a bit shorter, almost a novella, and would give you a taste of his writing.

I'll second that one. The Warden I thought rather dull, compared with the rest of the Barsetshire series.