tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2494833689352331554..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Charles Dickens and The Old Curiosity Shop - a place to live and learn to die inAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76737362707395904262008-04-07T09:44:00.000-05:002008-04-07T09:44:00.000-05:00Wonderful, thanks. A Must Visit.Wonderful, thanks. A Must Visit.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33260970315328793812008-04-07T08:28:00.000-05:002008-04-07T08:28:00.000-05:00The Old Curiosity Shop is still alive and well in ...The Old Curiosity Shop is still alive and well in London in Portsmouth St, Holborn, WC2. This shop, built in 1567 out of old ships' timbers, now sells antiques and souvenirs but is claimed to have been the inspiration behind the novel. If you're in the City and interested in Dickens' London, I can highly recommend guided walks around the areas that inspired his novels. Check out Dickens' London on www.walks.com<BR/><BR/>Elaine Saunders<BR/>Author - A Book About Pub Names<BR/>www.completetext.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74018061684550543802008-04-04T11:07:00.000-05:002008-04-04T11:07:00.000-05:00Doesn't sound that shallow. The breadth of the cre...Doesn't sound that shallow. The breadth of the creativity of Dickens - that's just it. It's almost unparalleled. Who are his equals? Shakespeare, and who else?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-41396376072417483312008-04-04T10:10:00.000-05:002008-04-04T10:10:00.000-05:00I'm shallow on Dickens - Oliver Twist, A Christmas...I'm shallow on Dickens - Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Bleak House shallow. I respect his humor and his details and the very breadth of his work. I've seen the Oscar Wilde quote but suspect I'd be moved my Nell's death as well. I will have to try it sometime and see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13576580938258564352008-04-01T09:58:00.000-05:002008-04-01T09:58:00.000-05:00It may be worth pointing out that "Great Expectati...It may be worth pointing out that "Great Expectations" was written almost 20 years after "The Old Curiosity Shop".<BR/><BR/>As I learn more about Dickens' growth as an artist over time, he becomes even more impressive.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32543751030980493722008-04-01T04:15:00.000-05:002008-04-01T04:15:00.000-05:00How interesting. I've been persuaded by a friend t...How interesting. I've been persuaded by a friend to read Dickens again, after having been scarred by the experience of Hard Times at school. I'm reading Great Expectations and finding it much better than I expected, less sentimental than I anticipated, not mawkish at all, and surprisingly witty. But I guess it's an inevitable trap for those who write melodrama to fall off the edge of the world of reasonable emotions.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com