When I read that statement by St Paul, he seemed to contradict Jesus when he said whoever could not accept the kingdom of heaven like a little child...
I doubt JA would ever have written a heroine like Becky Sharp. Might she have written a heroine like Cathy Earnshaw or Tess Durbeyfield? Most of her...
Interesting point about Fanny Price. The more likeable heroines, Elizabeth, Catherine, Marianne and Emma, were all wrong about something. In the case...
I can't say I approve of Mr Pickwick ordering him servant, Sam Weller, to abduct his friend Mr Winkle. I know Mr Pickwick thought he was doing it for...
Chapter 28 in which a big wedding takes place confused me. I don't know what Pickwick is doing there. He is a friend of Mr Wardle, who is the father...
I wondered why Mr Moffat did not challenge Frank Gresham to a duel after he recovered from his injuries. I gather duelling was still frequent on the...
I was going to reply before, but I was a bit drunk last night. I have learnt through experience not to post when drunk. I thought I'd better re-read...
There was a good bit in one of the chapters in which Mr Pickwick is trying to find his solicitors. He gets to the office after working hours and the...
The book mentions Bury St Edmunds and the Angel Hotel. I lived in Bury St Edmunds from 7 to 12, and I was sorry to leave. My mother lives there. The...
The Hobbit, Watership Down, I Claudius, Scoop, Dance to the Music of Time, The Remains of the Day, The Mote in God's Eye, Great Expectations
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According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens. Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
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