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Dickens, Charles

A Tale Of Two Cities

Dickens, Charles
Man goes back to France to help out a friend, gets thrown in prison, gets freed, gets thrown back in, and sentenced to DEATH by guillotine! Good story, but too many words. It made my head hurt! I bet it would make a great movie, though!

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"It is extraordinary to me," said he, "that you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. One or the other of you is for ever in my way. how do I know what injury you have done my horses? See! Give him that." -- (pg. 111) What do you mean, "You people...", buddy?

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...Mr Cruncher conceived the luminous idea of replying, "Agricultooral character." -- (pg. 304) See, there IS funny in this book!

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"Are you dying for him?" she whispered. -- (pg. 353) At this point I wept.

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10/2011

Little Dorrit

Dickens, Charles
All these years I've thought little Dorrit was a kid. Well, she ain't. Mr. Dickens is quite clever with his prose, but I am quite dull. There were times I "got it" (The best of times?), but many times I didn't not. I need an annotated Little Dorrit!

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6/2023
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