Hi, this is totally random, but I happened upon your post via the writer's block answers, and I've friended you. I hope that's ok? We seem to share a few interests, and it's always fun with new people :]
I totally agree about the light reading: I don't do mindless, either. Dickens is only really good by the chapter, spaced well out. That way you won't be bothered by the constant re-introductions, but be free enjoy the story.
But, that's okay. You seem very nice and we do share some literary interests so I've friended you.
Yeah, I get what you say about Dickens, but unfortunately I've proved myself a fast reader when I like a book so if I haven't finished it in two weeks I'm considered to be lazy/not attempting to appreciate good literature. Either one is considered a sin in my family, who have a good literary pedigree. My twelve year old cousin is syked to be reading Pride and Prejudice now. To be fair I read it and all the Brontes at the age too, but I didn't preten that I understood it or looked forward to all the difficulties of reading them.
D'uh, appears I forgot to friend you when I commented. And now it totally slipped my mind to reply, sorry about the lateness (I am horribly scatterbrained).
Seems we have a literary family in common as well, then. I read much of the classics at the same age, and am a fast reader as well. So I understand your dilemma. Dickens and Tolstoy are the only ones I get sympathy for reading slowly. I think the next time I pick up anything Dickens, I'll read it alongside something else.
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I totally agree about the light reading: I don't do mindless, either. Dickens is only really good by the chapter, spaced well out. That way you won't be bothered by the constant re-introductions, but be free enjoy the story.
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But, that's okay. You seem very nice and we do share some literary interests so I've friended you.
Yeah, I get what you say about Dickens, but unfortunately I've proved myself a fast reader when I like a book so if I haven't finished it in two weeks I'm considered to be lazy/not attempting to appreciate good literature. Either one is considered a sin in my family, who have a good literary pedigree. My twelve year old cousin is syked to be reading Pride and Prejudice now. To be fair I read it and all the Brontes at the age too, but I didn't preten that I understood it or looked forward to all the difficulties of reading them.
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Seems we have a literary family in common as well, then. I read much of the classics at the same age, and am a fast reader as well. So I understand your dilemma. Dickens and Tolstoy are the only ones I get sympathy for reading slowly. I think the next time I pick up anything Dickens, I'll read it alongside something else.
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