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Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I agree with Fanny on one thing: Mr Sparkler will act foolishly

Yes still slogging through this one. I‘m finally going to start skipping the long-winded and irritating dialogs from certain characters to speed this along, such as Mr Dorrit and Mrs General. Whew! But I still love Dickens‘ writing in this one, too. Take this example about Edmund Sparkler!!

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

Cuilin I may have employed some speed reading techniques finishing this. 😏🤭🤔 2d
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Lcsmcat
Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens
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And we‘re back in the US. And back to uncomfortable similarities with the current times. @Texreader @Cuilin

Cuilin These American chapters are shockingly real. I got distracted reading American Notes about Dickens‘s travels in America. 3d
dabbe 🎯♥️🎯 3d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Visitors to London, especially those from outside of the UK, who wish to see the remnants of early Victorian London are probably going to be somewhat disappointed, although this is not just a recent thing, As the author argues, the truth is that the London of Dickens's time was already being lost before the end of the Victorian era & his writing was beginning to be thought of as 'old hat' by then too.

OutsmartYourShelf London is most definitely a living palimpsest where the evidence of previous centuries can occasionally be glimpsed through the modern city, but the rookeries & crowded tenements have been erased. In truth there is not much of 'Dickensland' left apart from the survival of an odd coaching inn or two immortalised in Pickwick Papers & the Charles Dickens Museum at Doughty Street where he lived between 1837-1839. 4d
OutsmartYourShelf In fact the most popular sites such as the purported original Old Curiosity Shop or Nancy's Steps are linked with Dickens more by tradition than hard evidence as this book points out. The last chapters deal with Dickens's work adapted for film & TV, especially the musical 'Oliver', & were really interesting too. I do wish I had known of the brief existence of actual tourist attraction 'Dickensland' as I would have liked to 4d
OutsmartYourShelf have visited before it closed but I'd never heard of it before this book. Overall it was a really interesting & informative read & has made me want to dust off my old Dickens books for a re-read at some point. 4🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Yale University Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC. (Catching up on some older ARCs)

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5892506887
Read 13th - 18th Sept 2025
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DieAReader 💖💖 3d
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens
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Anthony and Jonas Chuzzlewit are grifters, but at least they‘re honest about it: “Hypocrite! why, we are all hypocrites. [To Pecksniff] The only difference between you and the rest was . . . you would deceive everybody, even those who practice the same art . . . Now I, when I have a business scheme in hand, tell Jonas what it is, and we discuss it openly” (123). Unlike Pecksniff, they‘re open about their chicanery!
#WhattheDickens

Lcsmcat I‘m glad to be back in England- so far the American chapters are hitting a little close to home! 6d
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
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Cuilin
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#Poemaday #PoetryPals

I‘m feeling nostalgic!

@lil1inblue @dabbe

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dabbe I felt like I was meandering as I read this! 💜💛🧡 1w
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Lcsmcat
Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens
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I‘m loving the illustrations in this edition! Punch doesn‘t look quite as I picture him in my head, but Pecksniff totally does! #whatthedickens @Cuilin @Texreader

Cuilin Agreed. Pinch in my head has a more pleasant appearance than these illustrations. 2w
Lcsmcat @Cuilin Mine too! I see him as pleasant but a little sad. 2w
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Texreader
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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In other words, they hated Blandois! 😂

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Can we please bring the word “snuggery” back?

The online dictionary describes it: “a cozy or comfortable place, especially someone's private room or den.”

Me: “I dare say, I‘m going to have a cup of tea and read in my snuggery. Oh, no, don‘t wait up for me.” 😊

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼 #Snuggery 👏🏼😉👌🏼💝. 2w
Nebklvr Another vote for snuggery 2w
Cuilin We use it in Ireland, usually shortened to snug. Some old pubs have them. I‘ll have a g&t in the snug. A bar in Belfast “the Crown Bar” has ten!!!! 2w
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