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Dnf-ed 7% in. Dickens is too good at poverty porn. Maybe I'll complete this post pandemic.
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I didn't even realise I had missed Dickens before I strated to read him again. The rhythm of the prose and the word play is clever and fun, in this case like ringing of the bells, and there's humour as well. I also noted this was the first time I'd read Dickens in English, and it was definitely worth every second. The Finnish translations are good, but the descriptions of weather and London feel more vivid in the original language. I especially loved the beginning where Dickens describes how the
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Aug 08, 2015
Micha
marked it as to-read
Dec 24, 2016
Mary Paul
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Jan 31, 2018
Juliana Philippa
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Jun 30, 2021
Ann
marked it as dnf
Nov 05, 2021
Ginger
marked it as to-read
