tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3671024315075060237..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: It's my intent to be a gentleman. It's my game. - Dickens solves another problemAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9250296934984246702012-01-13T21:25:03.063-06:002012-01-13T21:25:03.063-06:00Dickens and slapdash are a good match. Dombey and...Dickens and slapdash are a good match. <i>Dombey and Son</i>, the novel just before <i>DC</i>, also has some stuff you would find interesting, with only a dollop of <i>Oliver Twist</i>iness.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28344440771321072642012-01-13T20:19:13.999-06:002012-01-13T20:19:13.999-06:00My tastes run that way I fear - 'Bleak House&#...My tastes run that way I fear - 'Bleak House', yes; Oliver Twist', oh no.<br /><br />Just looked at Wikipedia, and I fear I've been less than truthful: after Pickwick and Oliver, I appear to have missed out everything until 'David Copperfield' (and then read everythinge except 'Little Dorrit' and 'Edwin Drood'). I fear my approach to Dickens has been very slapdash :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83644601488481771892012-01-13T12:22:22.177-06:002012-01-13T12:22:22.177-06:00Thanks so much, kinna. If I went by number of comm...Thanks so much, kinna. If I went by number of comments, I would conclude that nobody cares about Little Dorrit.<br /><br />Tony - back in the olden days, the early books were considered the best ones. The later novels were the "dark" ones. Critical taste has changed a lot. The later ones are also more <i>complex</i>, which is where taste has moved. Inevitably, I would say, but that's a separate argument.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70663503179114747232012-01-13T04:23:57.227-06:002012-01-13T04:23:57.227-06:00I must read this one - sadly, I appear to have mos...I must read this one - sadly, I appear to have mostly read his early works, at the expense of his later books...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28704825308582852782012-01-12T23:46:14.312-06:002012-01-12T23:46:14.312-06:00I'm enjoying this series of posts on Little Do...I'm enjoying this series of posts on <i>Little Dorrit </i>. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com