Dickens

[close] Join up with those reading Dickens as originally read--a chapter a week. Imagine awaiting the post delivering the next installment of Bleak House or Great Expectations. How does it change your experience of his language, characters, plot twists? We'll start a new book in January 2016

[close] Welcome to the Pickwick Club! This group is dedicated to reading, discussing, critiquing, and devouring the works of Charles Dickens.

[close] A BLEAK HOUSE FILM AND BOOK RESOURCE For those daunted by Dickens, we are going to try reading Bleak House the way it was read in 1852--in a series of installments, each about 50 pages long. Since this is the 21st Century, we're adding a new twist: before we read each installment, we'll view the corresponding 30 minute long episode of the BBC's superb TV version. My posts will follow the original BBC episode breaks and will include a guide that indicates which chapters correspond to each episode. While the BBC producers were very faithful to the book, they did make changes and I'll try to note them as I go along. I would love to hear your thoughts about others differences you spot, and whether the changes improved on the original! Whether you are watching the BBC film version or re-reading the book or (like me) reading Dickens for the first time, I hope you'll enjoy this site! Both comments on the film and on the book are welcome. There are no special start times--please feel free to chime in whenever you want to.

[close] This bookgroup/bookclub is for those who love Austen, Gaskell, Dickens and company! If you fell in love with stories like Pride & Prejudice, North & South, Great Expectations and many many others similar to these, please join and share! We are not ONLY limited to British Literature or specific authors. We are open to discovering new styles, authors and stories! We also want to share, discuss and discover the movie adaptations that brought what only stayed in our imagination alive! This group/club is very new, so please feel free to share ideas as to how we can share information, discuss and have some fun! We can develop group readings and maybe starbucks meetings! Feel free to invite your friends and family to join!