[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dickens' novels

Cindy,

I, unfortunately, have not had the chance to read or see the Scarlet
Pimpernel.  Romanticism has its uses but I feel that Romanticism is an
illusion.

Pratik


Pratik Patel
Interim Director
Office of Special Services
Queens College
Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
     ppatel@xxxxxx
 
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:24 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dickens' novels

Maybe Pratik is a realist and not a romantic (smile).
Pratik, what do you think of The Scarlet Pimpernel, or
have you not read or seen it?

Cindy

--- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Pratik,
> 
> I am interested in why you think Tale of Two Cities
> is unrealistic.  Is it
> because of Sydney Carton dying in place of Lucy's
> husband??  Or is it
> because of the shoemaker part?  Or just in general??
> 
> Sue S.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:27 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dickens' novels
> 
> 
> Almost all Dickens' novels are depressing.  "A Tale
> of Two Cities" has some
> excellent passages, but I find to be quite
> unrealistic.  I agree with
> Kellie's assessment of Oliver Twist.  "Pickwick
> Papers" is incredibly funny,
> one of his funniest, I think.  "Little Dorret" is 
> the best, in my opinion.
> "Bleak House" has one of the most incredibly
> unrealistic characters as one
> of its protagonists, Ms. Summerset, and one has to
> ask: "what the heck was
> Dickens thinking?"  Especially in a novel that deals
> with so much reality,
> the chapters dealing with that character are
> absolutely "brain sores."  I
> enjoy "David Copperfield's" language.
> 
> 
> Pratik Patel
> Interim Director
> Office of Special Services
> Queens College
> Director
> CUNY Assistive Technology Services
> The City University of New York
>      ppatel@xxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:11 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dickens' novels
> 
> My favorite is Tale of Two Cities.
> 
> I find the others depressing, i.e., David
> Copperfield
> and Oliver Twist. I haven't read Bleak House,
> though,
> which I've been told is good, nor Little Dorritt or
> The Pickwick Papers. Has anyone read those and care
> to
> comment on them?
> 
> Cindy
> 
> 
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