tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post4105978376372492184..comments2023-11-05T19:08:10.849-08:00Comments on Booked for LIfe: The Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensRuthiellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-50821088992473266332016-10-31T14:16:48.296-07:002016-10-31T14:16:48.296-07:00Lol, I am not a Dickens completist!, I enjoyed his...Lol, I am not a Dickens completist!, I enjoyed his Great Expectations, and his Christmas Carol and short stories. I may try his Bleak House.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-63241186704666633532016-10-31T11:19:53.497-07:002016-10-31T11:19:53.497-07:00Thank you for your comment Silvia. I wouldn't...Thank you for your comment Silvia. I wouldn't consider this his best book; IMO of those that I have read, that would probably be Great Expectations or Bleak House. It is very rambley and doesn't really start to gell until well past page 60! So I say skip it unless you are a Dickens completeist! Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-56281541028325038142016-10-28T20:48:57.853-07:002016-10-28T20:48:57.853-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-70085514503957921602016-10-28T20:48:51.861-07:002016-10-28T20:48:51.861-07:00I've tried this book twice in my life, and I c...I've tried this book twice in my life, and I cannot get the hold of it, even though I made it to say 60 pages or so... It's considered maybe his best book, (or maybe up with A Tale of Two Cities). One day!Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-75718393612515565012016-09-06T21:39:33.682-07:002016-09-06T21:39:33.682-07:00Thanks for the comment Major! I haven't tried ...Thanks for the comment Major! I haven't tried Barnaby Rudge yet. But I remember Karen at Books and Chocolate liked it, so there is hope! : ) Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-16010950718059520332016-09-03T03:15:22.726-07:002016-09-03T03:15:22.726-07:00I read this 5 or 6 years ago. I liked it and would...I read this 5 or 6 years ago. I liked it and would recommend to another reader who already liked Dickens, but I don't remember much about it, other than the debtor's prison scenes. I'm rather off Dickens now because I had to put down Barnaby Rudge 100 pages in. But Sketches by Boz and his short fiction beckon. Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038437416575948282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-39902865905178315182016-06-06T14:40:45.731-07:002016-06-06T14:40:45.731-07:00Thanks for the comment Jane! I was worried that I ...Thanks for the comment Jane! I was worried that I wouldn’t like The Pickwick Papers because it wasn’t a “traditional” Dickens novel. But I ended up really enjoying it and seeing Dickens’ evolution as a writer in it . And yes, Sam Weller is a wonderful character! Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927098956199060247.post-22303564445211261002016-06-03T12:14:35.142-07:002016-06-03T12:14:35.142-07:00I love this book! I read it early in life and oft...I love this book! I read it early in life and often, most recently a couple of years ago, I listened to it. I think Dickens really cut his teeth as an author with this book, and you can see him get increasingly comfortable as an author as the book progresses. I really enjoyed all the side ghost stories, plus the absolutely perfect Sam Weller. I cannot conceive of a better sidekick for Mr. P.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.com