I'm going to watch 'Far From The Madding Crowd' tonight.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Are there any barenaked ladies therein?

[Berni]

It really is time that they stopped inflicting Thomas Hardy on people. Miserable old cund.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Berni]

disappointed as I make a beeline for what appears to be a bowl of them only for it to turn out to be pot pourri. :-(

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Ashberto]

and was left with a strong impression of "if that's considered great literature then great literature is ****".

[Ashberto]

[Berni]

They're bloody awful when compared to their Russian and French contemporaries.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Russians go on so, don't you find?

Mind you, I am re-reading some favourite modern Russian stuff at present; Boris Akhunin's Erast Fandorin series. Lovely stuff.

[Luis Anaconda]

How many has he actually written?

Funny thing about Dickens is like the idea of Dickens, I like the stories and some of the adaptations but I just find him so difficult to read. I blame having to study Bleak House tbh

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

series, Sister Pelagia.

Bleak House is a bit, well, bleak, isn't it? I think I got lucky and had to study Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, both rollicking yards, so that set me up.

Mind you, old Chas did mange to write the single most irritating character in all literature, didn't he? I think we all know to whom I refer.

[Luis Anaconda]

https://avenell.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/shep-scrooge2_516x35_20710a.jpg

A sleuthing nun - fantastic

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

No, that repulsive little prig Nell. uck off and die! Oh, she did.

Sorry, I hope that's not a spoiler for anyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Pelagia

[Luis Anaconda]

[Berni]

write about situations populated entirely by archetypes or - in the case of Dickens - stereotypes.

Mind you, there's nothing like an English literature degree to put one off English literature. :-)

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

He was interfering with her, wasn't he? :-(

[Berni]

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The Moonstone. There's a thriller!