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Ever been put off by David Copperfield's 1000+ pages? Don't know your Oliver Twist from your Tiny Tim, or your Uriah Heep from your Bill Sikes? Always wondered what 'Dickensian' actually means? Guest host and Charles Dickens fan, Farah from channel A Booktube Book, is here to show you how to get into one of English literature's most famous writers. And with 15 novels, several novellas, hundreds of short stories (including some creepy ghost stories) and non-fiction essays a-plenty; reading Dickens is a treasure trove to last a lifetime.
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@thewriterscrown5239 6 лет назад

I've not heard Dickens be compared to Neil Gaiman before but I totally agree!

@girlunderu 3 года назад

Dickens is so good!! I think it's because his books are so easily transferable and applicable if you get what I mean. As in, they were written so long ago, but they can still be visualised and understood in the modern day. Both the plots and the language use

@AilsaVlogs 6 лет назад

I saw a youth theatre production of Great Expectations when I was around 14, which I really enjoyed, so when I had to study it at school a few years later, I was looking forward to it. I really enjoyed it, and I loved all the plot twists. I thought it was a really clever mystery, even though it is quite dense in places!

@londier4967 3 года назад

I just purchased Scenes of London Life and Bleak House in Macmillan Collector’s Library Edition. I adore these little ones and I have 9 others already but no Dickens yet and also I adore London so this is highly exciting. Thanks for the video, I was so glad you displayed Scenes of London Life as I like to see books in videos before I purchase them to get an idea of how they look, maybe you understand what I mean. Great video!! 👍🏼💛

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 3 года назад

My favourite Dickens novels are "David Copperfield", "Our Mutual Friend" and "Great Expectations"....

@kapboom4047 6 лет назад

This might help, although you might have to be tech savvy or be willing to ruin a physical book or waste a lot of paper printing or photocopying . Me and my friend did this (we bought £1 David Copperfield/Little Dorrit) For the most part Dickens published his books via installments (to gauge his readers response) so why not read it via installments. You and a friend choose a book each of Dickens(preferably one you've read so you know where the cliffhangers are) and split it in installments. Every month send your friend an installment. I know its a lot of hassle(and expensive postage wise) but It was exciting waiting for the next installment and leaving it on a cliffhanger not to mention nibbling away at little chunks helped me read the beast that is Little Dorrit. The tech Savvy way would be to send it in chunks via email but you would have to I don't know copy and paste or something (i'm not tech savvy at all!)

@googleisretarded7618 2 года назад

Love it! A Dickens cafe -- great idea. I'd love to go there. I also read Christmas Carol first and Twist second. Then I read Pickwick Papers, which is one of my favs, along with Copperfield, Nickleby, Great Expectations... well, I can't pick one.

@danecobain 6 лет назад

I read A Christmas Carol in June :D #rebel

@BookBreak 6 лет назад

Haha! Dickens is for life, not just for Christmas!

3 года назад

@@BookBreak i find it hard to read Great Expectations, english is not my native tongue, and I can hardly understand what he says.

@HamzaTalksFootball 3 года назад

I've read 7 Dickens novels since October. 😂

@user-jo5gx1sj8z 4 года назад

Thank you!It's pretty constructive! Had my C.D's Oliver Twist ordered today.I'm in college now,but never read Dickens before and been a mentally "Oliver Twist I guess.Exciting for reading it!

@user-jo5gx1sj8z 4 года назад

By the way,do you think the color and thickness Of the paper of MCL is their flaws?Would this made no good experience in one's reading?

@seanhackney3940 3 года назад

I'm in Kuwait and I just received that same copy of A Tale of Two Cities! Thanks for the great video!!!

@jeremyjbell1 3 года назад

great synopsis - thanks

@valerfixappliancerepair9264 4 года назад

I recommend some of what i think are his BEST - Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House and Nickolas Nickleby :)

@meto2854 5 лет назад

Hey Farah, I am very very very interested in reading more of Dickens, and I totally need a buddy to read some of it with! I would love to give "A Tale of Two Cities", "David Copperfielf" and "Bleak House" a go! I read Great Expectations this summer and loved it, so I am looking forward to delve into more Dickens soon. Let me know if you're planning a buddy read soon! Cheers!

@makeyour77 3 года назад

Dickens was Dickens of his time coz' he was that much popular, imagine those times waiting on weekly, like an awesome series nowadays

@missmofet_ 4 года назад

Those books are so pretty 😍

@JoRN1222 5 месяцев назад

I loved Tale of two cities.

@juanmorelli8703 2 года назад

Excellent. Thank you

@ConsistentSniper 2 года назад

The line isn’t “please sir can I have some more.” It is “please, sir, I want some more.” If you want that to be your slogan, make sure to use the right one. It’s been misquoted in modern media a million times.

@sharmisthaandbooks 4 года назад

Are these editions from the MacMillan collector's library unabridged?

@hiigghhggg9150 3 года назад

Yep!

@alhambralions5985 3 года назад

Fie on all abridgements!

@zaffiruddin6808 3 года назад

Masha Allah. That’s a beautiful lady I have seen in a while. Besides, your voice is very melodious and thank you very much for the explanations. I’m currently starting to read the Oliver Twist book.

@SailOnSG Год назад

How is the font in those editions? I like the size, but I’m concerned that the font may be too small.

@Ms.Zahraa. 2 года назад

Amazing 💙🥰

@catzanecat 6 лет назад

@inessamaria2428 6 лет назад

Great video!

@BookBreak 6 лет назад

Thank you! @abooktubebook was a fabulous host, wasn't she?

@inessamaria2428 6 лет назад

For sure!

@inessamaria2428 6 лет назад

I hope she makes more videos.

@TheFarahProject 6 лет назад

Thank yoou!

@lydiafeliciano2900 6 лет назад

So far i have read A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield. I own his entire collection so I look forward to reading more by this genius!

@BookBreak 6 лет назад

I hope you enjoy the rest of them too!

@rosiejones6692 3 года назад

I've really tried reading a few of his books but I find the journey really boring and I struggle to understand how some scenes add to the story. I've read Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, the first seven chapters of Nicholas Nickelby, Great Expectations and the Pickwick Papers, but had to stop because I was completely uninterested. I do wish I found them more interesting but I can't force myself to like it. So thanks for the video anyway - I'll keep trying with his other stories, particularly Bleak House :)

@edgartokman4898 Месяц назад

Pearl S. Buck said he was one of the greatest writers

@amberfranklin8382 2 года назад

What versions of Charles dickens books are you showing in this video

@BookBreak 2 года назад

They are Macmillan Collectors Library books!

@EconomicBearish 5 лет назад

what do you think of " our mutual friend"? be a good critic bc Im really think to buy it

@uglyvegan7945 5 лет назад

I think it is all right, but definitely not one of his best. I feel like the plot gets too convoluted and spins into too many side stories without really advancing the main plot of the book. The main plot and characters are enjoyable, but all the side commentary on society gets repetitive and tedious.

@kapboom4047 6 лет назад

Hard Times quick and easy

@bunkerbill 6 лет назад

You're so pretty.

@LockedPig 4 года назад

Two words: *Bleak House*

@hassandiallo5326 3 года назад

I am a prince, I read Machiavelli

@tmac8892 5 лет назад

Bleak house is great, but it wore me out. 800 effing pages.

@BookBreak 5 лет назад

I'm glad it was worth it in the end though!

@rainbwpilt3492 6 лет назад

Dickens's is my great great great great great great grampa

@phangirlXO 5 лет назад

Wow, you're so lucky!

@uglyvegan7945 5 лет назад

Hmm, not enough generations have passed for him to be your great x6 grandfather (he was born in 1812) and I don't believe he has any living relatives...