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Old 02-06-2012, 07:47 PM   #31
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Wow. I can't believe Hard Times and Dombey and Son placed instead of Bleak House and Nicholas Nickleby, although perhaps BH will be a surprise #1.

Autocorrect changed Dombey to Romney, lol.
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Old 02-07-2012, 01:58 AM   #32
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:09 AM   #33
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His 200th birthday is tomorrow!
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:45 AM   #34
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:57 AM   #36
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:31 AM   #37
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And we have a winner... Bleak House.

(No comment.. I haven't read it yet )
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Old 02-07-2012, 06:44 AM   #38
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It's my personal favourite, but I'm surprised it was placed at No 1 - I would have thought David Copperfield and Great Expectations would have been 1 and 2.
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Old 02-07-2012, 06:56 AM   #39
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Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and Bleak House are my top favorites among his work. I just wished A Tale of Two Cities was included in the Top 5. Oh well, to each his own.


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Old 02-07-2012, 07:43 AM   #40
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Yay . My two favourites are #1 and #2, as I said in the 2nd post in this thread. Excellent - I was certain it would be "A Christmas Carol".

Very happy that "Bleak House" has won.
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:04 AM   #41
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This reminds me to put The Pickwick Papers up there on my 2012 reading list. I have had it from Gutenberg for ages, and must own about a couple of secondhand paperback copies. Must hurry and finish my library books....
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I am re-reading Dombey and Son right now and really enjoying it. There is one line where he describes Dombey Sr. putting his baby son before the fireplace like he was a muffin who needed toasting. Dickens has a way with description.
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I can't claim to be an expert. I've only read three of his novels and the rest is what I know from films and adaptations for TV.

From the reading point of view, I'd pick Hard Times as my favourite.
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Without a doubt for me this book still comes to mind every now and again. It left a very strong impression on me.
It left a strong impression on me (Tale of Two Cities that is). An impression of wanting to run a drill through my eyeballs before ever trying to read another Dickens novel .
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Also here is their list of 100 best novels since 1923. I haven't read many of these... could turn it into a 2013 reading challenge!
Interesting, I've read a whopping 5 of those. 2 of them I feel scarred my youth irreparably. Of those 2, one of those is probably the book that would be my number one most hated book I've ever read . 2 of the other 3 I found ok, but I'm not necessarily in a huge hurry to go out and read them again, while 1 (the Tolkien series) I do actually enjoy. Not sure I've even heard of a good chunk of the books.
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