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Vanity: Anyone Interested in a Freeper Book Club for "Great Expectations" via the Weekly Harper's Weekly Posting from Freeper Mr. Homer Simpson?
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| November 25, 2020
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Posted on 11/25/2020 9:17:19 AM PST by C19fan
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:17:19 AM PST
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C19fan
To: C19fan
I’ve read it.
It wasn’t that great...............as expected.............
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:18:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
To: Red Badger; C19fan; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
Only if I can rent it on video.
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:19:30 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Red Badger
Nyuck Nyuck.
Jolly Joker.
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:20:35 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: C19fan
I’ve noticed growth of conservative book clubs in general from Dennis Prager’s group to Unsafe Space.
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:22:02 AM PST
by
tbw2
To: ifinnegan
I’m actually a Dickens fan, have several of his books...................
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:24:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
To: Larry Lucido
Well, if Jennifer Lawrence is in it, I’m game................
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:24:48 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
To: C19fan
I read somewhere that David Copperfield was Dickens' favorite.
Ioan Gruffudd is a good actor, and Tale of Two Cities is my fave of his work.
Dickens was paid by the word , or episode IIRC, so that's why he's so descriptive/wordy.
More $$$$
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:26:09 AM PST
by
spankalib
To: Red Badger
we had to read it in 9th grade. I understand why people like it, but if you think about it, its kind of weird.
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:28:03 AM PST
by
job
To: C19fan
A friend was going to write a book on spitting titled “Great Expectorations”.
To: job
The plot twists were good, but the ending sucked................
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:33:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
To: C19fan
Love it. Hated it in middle school. Reread it as an adult, and the depth of evil in the characters machinations was shocking. I would join you, but rarely have time to devote to discussion.
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posted on
11/25/2020 9:58:02 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
To: C19fan
“Great Expectations” was a great book. Another problematic adaptation was the one with Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham. Anderson is a pedestrian actress with pretensions that are accommodated because of her following from X-fIles days. She portrayed Miss Havisham as wispy, and barely there. The book doesn’t read that way. She also was unwilling to even dress as she was in the book, with ONE wedding show on. That is important to the character.
GE wasn’t my favorite Dickens book, though. I prefer “Bleak House”, “Martin Chuzzlewit” and “Tale of Two Cities”. But it is on par with “Nicholas Nickleby”, and well worth reading.
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posted on
11/25/2020 10:04:56 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: spankalib
I read somewhere that David Copperfield was Dickens' favorite.
I think it was his favorite because it was his most ego-centric. I think "Hard Times" was also an attempt to excuse his bad personal behaviour.
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posted on
11/25/2020 10:06:19 AM PST
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Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: C19fan
My favorite is Oliver Twist.
That scene when Oliver goes to jail to visit Fagin, near the end of the book, is riveting.
It wasn't really captured in the musical, 'Oliver,' but Ben Kingsley did a fine job with it in 'Oliver Twist.'
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posted on
11/25/2020 10:11:32 AM PST
by
deadrock
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To: Dr. Sivana
I hate to say this but the actress who played Estella, a Miss Vanessa Kirby, did nothing for me. I do not find her the least bit attractive.
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posted on
11/25/2020 10:12:51 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: Dr. Sivana
Haven't read Hard Times, but after checking more on his bio, you're probably right ;)
I DID weep at the end of "...Cities" though...
To: C19fan
Loved the book. Recently repurchased it for $3 at barnes and noble. Total steal
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posted on
11/25/2020 10:32:53 AM PST
by
steel_resolve
(Stephen Miller is my spirit animal)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Recent months have been the perfect time to hunker down and read Dickens. Currently on Oliver Twist.
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posted on
11/25/2020 11:25:37 AM PST
by
Demiurge2
(Define your terms!)
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