Eriisa:

Darn I thought I was replying to Doliitle but whatever
I still don't have this book back from my son's girlfriend, although she read it and was charmed by it.

I'll send it on
Do is the most proficient reader amongst us.

I am almost done with Charles Dickens:
Four Complete Novels
including Great Expectations
Hard Times
A Christmas Carol
and
A Tale of Two Cities

I would only pass this on if I could be certain that it would be appreciated and read thoroughly

My favorite book of all time is David Copperfield

Has anyone read that?

ajtgirl: LOL I read it in high school. hmmm don't remember it much anymore.

Tuesday sent me 'A Million Little Pieces' so I have 2 copies now. She also wrote a note and says she's been busy working & fixing up the house and tell everyone Hi!

(lol, she says too that she is not using a new nic on BK!) rofl

Eriisa:

You may have read it in high school, but did you understand it then?

ajtgirl: Charles Dickens is one of my favourite authors, I read all his books when I was very young, that is how I learned to speak by reading his books out loud every night.
Edited for spelling.

Mousetrap:

Wonderful!
I went to high school in Texas and they didn't give a darn for Charles Dickens
I have just finished Great Expectations and am ready for Hard Times next.

His imagery and vocabulary are so beautiful and I love his style of always promoting the underdog.

ajtgirl:Not all of Texas was that way!

Dolittle:
Of course not, and I didn't mean to offend
I lived in the panhandle, strictly agricultural and livestock
The parents in our school district, who elected the school board and chose the curiculum
were making future farmers and homemakers in 1974
I learned a lot there but not about reading or the arts
But I can sew an entire wardrobe for a man or a woman!

LOL

ajtgirl: I can sure understand that! We had a terrific English/Literature teacher that exposed us to a lot of good reading and poetry!

ajtgirl: They did,nt do it at my school either lol!
My mam bought me all his books, it was to help me speak as I am deaf and it worked because I have never shut up since lol!

ajtgirl: A Cristmas Carrol was always my favourite by the way. For poetry my favourites are Poe and Longfellow and the Latin version of Virgil,s Aneid, we had to learn that by heart at secondary school. I have always believed that all the best literature was written in Latin. Latin is not taught in secondary schools any more, my class was one of the last to do it, I was lucky! But I canna sew to save me life I,m afraid!

Mousetrap: You have done so very good tho, so being able to sew is no big deal. You just keep on reading and nurturing your mind!

Dolittle: If I only had a brain!
Unfortunately I don,t!

Mousetrap: I don't agree with that, sounds like you have a very good one!!

Mousetrap:

I am so delighted that you have fond memories of Charles Dickens' writings.
Being deaf, they must have been quite an education in elocution
He was one wordy fellow and with a sharp wit, indeed.

God bless you
I am still reading Hard Times