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Hobbit XIII Mar 25 @ 4:36am

Charles Dickens

Topic inspired by The Nameless Gamer

I will not rant at how a great piece of work has been ruined by the greedy corporations and the stupid mindset of the people, where once Scrooge was the evil miser and now if you read what he says it is in fact very good advice for today's age.
Where once his views on buying crap that people could ill afford was seen as nasty ; seem now as good common sense.

Should you burn fossil fuels?
Or instead put money into an actual nice woolly jumper?
I say body warmers, jumpers! And onesies!
For all mankind on this day of giving directors around the world more money so you can be oppressed some more by consumerism.

Instead I will say how delightful some of the works by Charles Dickens is especially if you got the movie for it.

Everybody should have read or at least watched Oliver Twist especially the musical.

What I liked about Twist is Fagan.
I thought what a character.
If you ever have the time reading on thief taker general and London of the 17th through to 19th century you may find it of interest.

( Or just read Charles Dicken's books )

I can imagine people impoverished squirreling away whatever they could spare for in those times and increasingly in current times if you can't work or earn then all you can rely on is your savings.

As much as a rotter Fagan is I do pity him.
Dickens writes him so well.

Oliver Twist is your luckless orphan type.
If there is bad luck to be had, he is going to get it.

' please sir can I have some more '
Oh dear.

Do I have a favourite Charles Dickens story / book ?
So difficult but I will say the black and white films do the books justice.

If I was to pick film and book then
Great Expectations.

A boy meets an escaping convict out in the cold graveyard and gives him food.

The convict is recaptured and deported to Australia.
The boy is taken interest by a Miss Haversham an eccentric perhaps insane wealthy old woman who was jilted on her wedding day decades before.
She raises a girl and like to watch her tease young pip.

He still lives a poor life his family are hard workers and do the best they can for him.

Then he comes into wealth....

A great story highly recommended.

A clip from an old version it captures that atmosphere :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXyo68s-f1E

I might make the 2013 version onto the watchlist but it could not replace the original.

Whose your favourite character in the Dickens world of literature?
Do you have a favourite Dickens story?

Anything else Dickens related?

Last edited by Hobbit XIII; Mar 25 @ 4:50am

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Goldias Mar 25 @ 5:12am

Read christmas carol but to be honest, his work is not my cup of tea.

No one can change that easily.

Hobbit XIII Mar 25 @ 5:19am

Originally posted by Goldias:
Read christmas carol but to be honest, his work is not my cup of tea.

No one can change that easily.

True, creating sheer terror at a guy whose worked his whole life is not really a good moral tale imho.

Hobbit XIII Mar 25 @ 9:24am

Off Topic doesn't like Charles Dickens?

vkobe Mar 25 @ 9:30am

Originally posted by Goldias:
Read christmas carol but to be honest, his work is not my cup of tea.

No one can change that easily.

because Ebenezer Scrooge get his inception, 3 ghost used level 3 sleeping to put idea to this poor Ebenezer Scrooge mind

they were trained by this team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoHD9XEInc0&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

videogames10 Mar 25 @ 9:31am

Originally posted by Corvus XIII:

I will not rant at how a great piece of work has been ruined by the greedy corporations

Please don't tell me you're Bernie Sanders and I won't ask.

JuliaJuiceBox Mar 25 @ 9:42am

I only read A Christmas Charol and Oliver Twist. Both were fine

Hobbit XIII Mar 25 @ 9:53am

Originally posted by videogames10:
Originally posted by Corvus XIII:

I will not rant at how a great piece of work has been ruined by the greedy corporations

Please don't tell me you're Bernie Sanders and I won't ask.

If you like happy China manufacturing day then don't let me stop you.

Hobbit XIII Mar 25 @ 9:54am

Originally posted by Pierre_The_Scumbag:
I prefer the Blackadder version of Christmas Carol, its hilarious.

Yes Baldrick never looked so good lol

vkobe Mar 25 @ 10:01am

Originally posted by Pierre_The_Scumbag:
I prefer the Blackadder version of Christmas Carol, its hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFuhYUVjk0&ab_channel=DCKids

Bjørn Mar 25 @ 10:03am

Originally posted by Corvus XIII:
Originally posted by Pierre_The_Scumbag:
I prefer the Blackadder version of Christmas Carol, its hilarious.

Yes Baldrick never looked so good lol

Baldrick's novel: "Once upon a time, there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, and it lived happily ever after."