I have always wondered why Dickens is so morbid... Oliver Twist is heart breaking and you should get rewarded for actually finishing David Copperfield. This is one Charles Dickens I actually liked :)
from bindu spider - I think Oliver Twist isn't necessarily all morbid, or at least there is a purpose to it: it's also his social commentary on poverty and inequalities in Victorian society. It wasn't all pretty inside the British Empire. And Mr. Brownlow is actually ... read more -
bindu - Umm interesting. Why do you think they changed the endings in the school text book? To make sure the kids reading Twist don't get depressed?
pratima - Ive never really liked dickens but I think many of his books were supposed to be a social commentary which maybe why they are depressing. PBS recently ran Bleak House - which didnt have a too depressing end either. Anyway for depressing I think ... read more -
bindu - This is something that I have always struggled with... I am always somewhat annoyed when I pick up a movie/book and it is preachy or too depressing. However, I also recognize the fact that movies/books are great mediums to drive home a social ... read more -
This has the warmth of something like The Full Monty combined with football nostalgia, Eric Cantona laughing at himself and a pivotal plot point involving Youtube. One for football fans and closet romantics
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listening to the audio book on my trips CT<->Swampscott. Amazing. So applicable today, esp, considering huge wealth disparity (top 44 $$$ >= bottom 2,500,000,000) and e coli in cookie dough, lettuce, spinach, scallions, mad cow... 1906, 2009
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