I am in general not a fan of Dickens, but I love A Tale of Two Cities.
Actually, I've been thinking lately that I have been unfair on Dickens - apart from A Tale of Two Cities, I read the Pickwick Papers in the school library when I was far too young, and was forced to read David Copperfield at universities and didn't enjoy either. There was also a guest lecture at uni that explained that a lot of the prudery of Victorian literary life was directly attributable to Dickens, which put me off even further.
I have, however, adored every televised and film version of Great Expectations, and indeed the BBC's adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby some years back, so maybe I should give him another try.
I re-read it earlier this year and I loved it. Last weekend my nan taught me how to knit. I tried to tell her about how Madame Defarge would keep a list of their enemies in code in her knitting. She looked genuinely impressed with the idea and said, "Oh I'll have to watch that".... I must have forgot to mention it was a book I read and not some TV show.
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Actually, I've been thinking lately that I have been unfair on Dickens - apart from A Tale of Two Cities, I read the Pickwick Papers in the school library when I was far too young, and was forced to read David Copperfield at universities and didn't enjoy either. There was also a guest lecture at uni that explained that a lot of the prudery of Victorian literary life was directly attributable to Dickens, which put me off even further.
I have, however, adored every televised and film version of Great Expectations, and indeed the BBC's adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby some years back, so maybe I should give him another try.
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