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Charles Dickens: A Life | Jane Smiley

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BarbaraJean

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

“If you've never read Little Dorrit before, you might want to save this Introduction for an Afterword. There's no way to dance around all of Dickens's secrets and revelations and still make myself intelligible; three sentences from here, I'm going to start letting stuff slip, so if you want to bail, bail now.”

As a compulsively responsible reader who always feels obligated to read the intro, I SO appreciate this spoiler alert! #WhattheDickens

Cuilin, Texreader

willaful YES! The intro to Emma completely spoiled it for me! 1w

Lcsmcat I remember as a kid reading the intro to Romeo and Juliet before I knew the story. I was so confused about who died when! 1w

Cuilin Yeah, I always skip a forward or an introduction for this very reason of spoilers. And I also want to come up with my own impressions. If I really enjoyed the book, I will go back and read the introduction. 1w

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Tamra I usually read Intros after finishing. 😅 1w

BarbaraJean @willaful @Lcsmcat @Cuilin @Tamra Introductions to classic novels have spoiled the ending or key plot twists for me so many times, but I somehow still feel like I HAVE to read it because it‘s an intro. I guess I needed the acknowledgment and permission this editor gave me!! 1w

AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean I‘m like you and have had endings spoiled. I think people writing introductions should acknowledge that there will be a lot of first time reads and not spoil thing. I once read an introduction 50 p before the end of a chunckster and the ending was still spoiled. So now I‘ve learned my lesson 1w

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Cuilin

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens

Ugh, I don‘t care for Mr Flintwinch at all also I‘m highly suspicious of Arthur‘s mother 🤨 I love the little drawings in a Dickens novel, wouldn‘t it be nice if novels had little drawings in them? I guess the costs for an illustrator and printing would be astronomical. @Texreader

Cuilin @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright 2w

TheBookHippie Just pulled my book out! I agree I‘d love illustrations now and again. 2w

BarbaraJean I would also love little drawings in novels for adults! Maybe that's one reason I love maps in fantasy novels. I feel like black & white line drawings wouldn't add too much to the cost... at least for the printing. There are some great YA/MG books that have little illustrations throughout (tagged is a favorite YA novel with small illustrations), so it seems to me like it would be viable for adult books as well!

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Cuilin @BarbaraJean Agreed. I also like annotated books as they have pictures too. 2w

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

Whoa! I think I know where the idea of the DOGE came from!! Read this chapter fall! It is ominously prescient!

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

These are the books I‘ve been reading for #jumpstartsummer

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LitsyEvents

Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens

repost for @@Cuilin and I are so excited to start up #whattheDickens again in June! Read the tagged book in June and July and share the joy of one of the best authors in human history. (I‘m biased, I‘ve started already and loving his prose as always.) We look forward to sharing your thoughts about the book.

#BuddyRead

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

I need a low-key long weekend after a very stressful few weeks at work. I‘m looking forward to this readathon. #jumpstartsummer #thespineview

TheSpineView Relax and happy reading!📚📚📚 4w

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Texreader

Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens

@Cuilin and I are so excited to start up #whattheDickens again in June! Read the tagged book in June and July and share the joy of one of the best authors in human history. (I‘m biased, I‘ve started already and loving his prose as always.) We look forward to sharing your thoughts about the book.

Daisey Keep me on the #WhatTheDickens list, but I‘m probably going to pass on this one for now. I‘ve got a busy June and committed to the Kristin Lavransdatter read. 4w

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 4w

Daisey @jewright 4w

Texreader @Daisey 👍🏻 4w

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Cuilin

Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens #LittleDorrit

June 1st, we will start Little Dorrit. Read at your own pace, tag @Cuilin and @Texreader with any thoughts, quotes, or reviews. All are welcome. This is a first time read for me and I‘m looking forward to it. How about you?

Cuilin @texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007
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jewright I would like to join, please. 4w

Cuilin Wonderful, I‘ll add you to the tag list! 4w

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CogsOfEncouragement My first time reading too. Not a book I‘ve even heard of. I enjoyed Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist, so I‘d like to read more. In order to fit it in with all my other BRs I‘m going to try the audiobook. Thanks for the tag. ✌🏻♥️📚 2w

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I‘m doing a combination of book and audio. Do you have Audible if so, Juliet Stevenson is the narrator for the audible edition and she is fabulous! 2w

CogsOfEncouragement Yes :) I just downloaded it! I was thinking about picking up the book from the library too. I see it is on the shelf of my local branch. Sometimes that helps with this kind of book - to actually see the names, etc. 2w

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