I saw the Diana Rigg version and enjoyed it quite a bit. There's a PBS show called "Dickensian" (I think) that mixes up Dickens characters from a number of his books; I enjoyed that as well. It does give you Miss Havisham's back story, which I found interesting.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 1:34:19 pm PDT #26794 of 28547
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:05:21 pm PDT #26795 of 28547
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've only ever read A Christmas Carol (which I love), Great Expectations (which was ok I guess), and now Bleak House (which I liked) so I feel like I would have to do a lot of homework for Dickensian
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 2:11:17 pm PDT #26796 of 28547
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I don't think I've read much more, but I got enough of the references to know who people were (Little Dorrit, for example).
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:42:03 pm PDT #26797 of 28547
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, other than knowing that is probably a character from Dickens I don't know who that is
sj - Jul 17, 2021 10:45:46 am PDT #26798 of 28547
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started reading A Deadly education last night snd I found the first chapter to be whiny and boring. Should I push through? Does it get better?
-t - Jul 17, 2021 10:48:12 am PDT #26799 of 28547
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, I'd say so. I wasn't wild about it to start with but was entirely enthusiastic by the end.
Kate P. - Jul 17, 2021 11:21:46 am PDT #26800 of 28547
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I loved that book, but can definitely understand why El's narrative voice comes across as whiny to some. To me it made sense given what we know/learn about her and her world, but I wouldn't say it changes a whole lot over the course of the book.
sj - Jul 17, 2021 11:51:38 am PDT #26801 of 28547
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm usually not a person that needs a character to be likable, but I was thinking "Please shut up" by the time I finished the first chapter. Is there more action later in the book or is it all talky?
-t - Jul 17, 2021 11:54:38 am PDT #26802 of 28547
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Definitely more action
sj - Jul 17, 2021 1:40:47 pm PDT #26803 of 28547
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
thanks -t and Kate! I'll give it another try tonight if I can get this migraine to go away.