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Winfrey chooses Dickens classics for her book club
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Posted on 12/06/2010 1:08:16 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
Why not David Copperfield? I was forced to read Great Expectations in high school and it made me hate Dickens for a long time.
Revolting little Pip.
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posted on
12/06/2010 5:01:26 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: carton253; Borges
I’ve always loved ATOTC.
In fact some years ago I inherited a complete set of Dickens printed in the 1870s - green and gold - and the first one I picked up was ATOTC.
I don’t have a college education so my opinion is worthless, of course.
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posted on
12/06/2010 5:04:13 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: little jeremiah
I find your opinion very worthy.
I love ATOTC and think the character of Sydney Carton is the best character in literature today.
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posted on
12/06/2010 5:12:36 PM PST
by
carton253
(Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
To: BenKenobi
I’m just repeating what this fellow called Aristotle said.
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posted on
12/06/2010 5:53:45 PM PST
by
Borges
To: little jeremiah
Pip is not a likeable character. That’s what makes GE so interesting. It’s about how success made him a hollow person because he lacked the moralpsychological grounding for it.
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posted on
12/06/2010 5:56:01 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
Since I don’t watch her show, I didn’t know she had recommended other classics. Amazing. Maybe there’s hope after all.
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posted on
12/06/2010 6:05:25 PM PST
by
iceskater
(11/2/10 - the beginning of the beginning of restoration.)
To: carton253
I always liked Sydney Carton. It’s very inspiring to read about heroes - his act was one of incredible heroism.
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posted on
12/06/2010 6:11:34 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: Borges
I don’t like reading books wherein the main character is a weakling, traitor or other type of creep.
I’m not much of a fiction reader anyway.
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posted on
12/06/2010 6:12:36 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
To: little jeremiah
And he’s a mystery, too. Dickens never tells us why he had given up on himself.
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posted on
12/06/2010 6:36:30 PM PST
by
carton253
(Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
To: All
For ATOTC fans, the best film version is the 1958 one starring Dirk Bogarde.
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posted on
12/06/2010 6:58:17 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: little jeremiah
Most tragedies are based on a flawed protagonist.
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posted on
12/06/2010 7:45:34 PM PST
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Borges
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