Charles Dickens [1812-1870] (Oliver Twist)
One of the most famous English writer of all times. I have read (or half-read) a few novels during my college years. I remember to read "Great Expections" many time over ,ah to just get more marks, failing to appreciate the master piece truly.
Critics appreciate one of his novel , which is in my reading list, "Oliver Twist"as under:
One of the most famous English writer of all times. I have read (or half-read) a few novels during my college years. I remember to read "Great Expections" many time over ,ah to just get more marks, failing to appreciate the master piece truly.
Critics appreciate one of his novel , which is in my reading list, "Oliver Twist"as under:
"Relatively to the other works of Dickens Oliver Twist is not of great value, but it is of great importance. Some parts of it are so crude and of so clumsy a mlodrama, that one is almost tempted to say that Dickens would have been greater without it. But even if he had been greater without it he would still have been incomplete without it."
A good many of his work available on-line
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Mmmm, yes this is a good one, you'll enjoy it much more than "great expectations"
Thanks for encouragement.
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Those who choose Dickens for their "favorite writers" list choose well indeed. But please let us not forget to add Messrs. Orwell, Tolkien, and Steinbeck.
Good reading but I dont seem to be able to find time to read other than technical books.
thanks for the link to the sea of classical books
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