No,no, no. I mean my brother-in-law preferred British literature. He was rather fond of Dickens, particularly Oliver Twist.
ROTFLMAO! Now THAT was a funny way to misinterpret what you meant...
It reminds me of a conversation I had once with a group of people back in the late Seventies, and we were having an argument about Communism, and I said to one guy (who was considerably older than the rest of us) “You probably wouldn’t know what Communism was if it hit you in the ass!”
Well.
He bellowed that he had lived in the Soviet Union for five years as the son of a diplomat, and he DAMN well knew what Communism was! I had to laugh...I stuck my foot WELL into that pile...:)
When I saw your comment, I thought “Geez...what are the odds I step on someone who knows the one guy who has made some kind of literary contribution from Zimbabwe...”
I guess I can read, but my comprehension occasionally still suffers!
I didn’t have any exposure to Dickens until later in my life. (My dad was military, and I changed schools nearly every year)
My favorite is “The Tale of Two Cities” followed by “David Copperfield” and “Great Expectations”.
It has been great for me to be exposed to these later in life. I don’t watch television, so when I can’t read anymore, and every movie and television series is available online, I will be able to spend my dottering days watching things I have never seen like “Hill Street Blues” and “The Simpsons”...:)