WhattheDickens

Dickens‘ tongue-in-cheek descriptions of the Pecksniff daughters are so droll! “Miss Pecksniff . . . was all girlishness, and playfulness, and wildness, and kittenish buoyancy . . . Moderately buxom was her shape, and quite womanly, too; but sometimes—yes, sometimes—she even wore a pinafore; and how charming that was!” (22-23). This is an eye roll in text form! 😂😂 #WhattheDickens
“It was perfectly charming, and worthy of the Pastoral age, ⬇️

Cuilin, Texreader

CindyMyLifeIsLit to see how the two Miss Pecksniffs slapped each other after this” (26). So funny! 😂 (edited) 14h

Cuilin They are quite the pair!! 9h

Lcsmcat Dickens always makes me laugh! 7h

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Cuilin

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit

I got so lost in Little Dorrit that I decided to be a touch more academic and do some character research. I found this little gem on course hero!!!

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

Cuilin @lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 2d

RamsFan1963 Martin Chuzzlewit actually exists?? I'm reading The Eyre Affair, and the Dickens novel is a major part of the plot, but I'd never heard of this book so I assumed the author made it up. I learn something new every day on Litsy. 2d

Cuilin @RamsFan1963 well now I need to look up The Eyre Affair. 😊 2d

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Cuilin

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit Chapter Two

I‘m enjoying it so far, the writing is both beautifully descriptive and also mocking as though the writer and the reader are in on a little secret. 🤫

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

Cuilin @lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 2d

Sparklemn Great description. Like the author is giving the reader a little wink. 😉 (edited) 2d

CindyMyLifeIsLit I loved the extended personification of the wind in the second chapter! It‘s sighing, blustering, banging, grumbling, bullying, and finally howls off to attack the fallen leaves, sending them “whirling round and round upon their thin edges, taking frantic flights into the air, and playing all manner of extraordinary gambols in the extremity of their distress” (20). After knocking Mr. Pecksniff down, it roared out to sea, ⬇️ 15h

CindyMyLifeIsLit “where it met with other winds similarly disposed, and made a night of it” (21). 🌬️💨 15h

Cuilin @CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘m loving the imagery too. I could feel the wind and hear the leaves. 🍂 9h

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Texreader

More about Paddington | Michael Bond

August wrapped. Not the best books this month when Paddington is the only 5-star read!

August Books Wrapped:
I read 4 books for #Bolivia #foodandlit
1 book for #authoramonth
1 book for #campLitsy
1 book for #klbr
And 1 book for #serieslove

I‘m still reading a Llosa book, Bad Girl, that I started in July for #Peru #foodandlit and Dickens‘s Little Dorrit that I started in June for #whattheDickens

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LitsyEvents

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

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#WhatTheDickens

This novel follows the young Martin as he navigates the world of hypocrisy and fraud. It is described as a satirical novel on selfishness. Who‘s in?

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Cuilin

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens

This novel follows the young Martin as he navigates the world of hypocrisy and fraud. It is described as a satirical novel on selfishness. Who‘s in?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

Cuilin @lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 4d

Daisey I hope to read or more likely listen to this one. I want to work on finishing Tombland first, and I‘m still waiting on the delayed release of the Dickens audio collection I preordered. If they don‘t change it again, it should be available by the time I‘m ready. 4d

Cuilin @Daisey I think the release date is 9/4? I‘m waiting for it too. 4d

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CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘m in! 👏👏👏 (edited) 4d

Cuilin @CindyMyLifeIsLit Fabulous. This is a new read for me. 4d

CindyMyLifeIsLit @Cuilin Me as well! I‘ve read several Dickens (and taught a couple), but not this one. Very excited to dive in! 😊 4d

Daisey @Cuilin That sounds right, but I quit paying too much attention to the new date after they changed it like 3 times. I do want to use it for this one! 4d

CSeydel Oh I‘ve been wanting to read this one! I‘m in the middle of Adam Bede right now and I‘d rather finish it first before starting this one. I‘ll see how soon I get through the Eliot - maybe I‘ll be able to start Martin soon enough to catch up to you all 4d

Lcsmcat I‘m in! As much Dickens as I‘ve readI somehow missed this one, so it‘s a new read for me too. 4d

TheBookHippie Oh I‘ve never read this! I‘ll get a copy! In! 4d

Cuilin @CSeydel I‘ve Adam Bede n my TBR. Love Elliott!! Jump in whenever you can. 👍 4d

Cuilin @Lcsmcat I had to do some research on this one. It‘s not a well-known novel of his. 4d

Cuilin @TheBookHippie yay!! 🙌 4d

CSeydel @Lcsmcat Same … I actually checked it out from the library earlier this year because a character in a different book I was reading referenced it, and I had never read it. (I think it may have been Jasper Fforde‘s Tuesday Next?) But I didn‘t manage to get to it then. 4d

TheBookHippie @Cuilin something about classic literature and my brain - it‘s very calming. 4d

Cuilin @TheBookHippie it seems to be the only thing working for me with “gestures around at everything” 4d

BookwormAHN I'm looking forward to it 😺 4d

Cuilin @BookwormAHN same 👍 3d

quietjenn I've but read this one so will try to give it a go! 3d

Cuilin @quietjenn Fabulous. 3d

Sparklemn I‘m in! 3d

Cuilin @Sparklemn wonderful!! 2d

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Lcsmcat

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

Diving in today for #whatthedickens. I‘ll probably alternate between these two editions. @Cuilin @Texreader

Cuilin I think I going to do an audio combination with my kindle. This comes out September 4 https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DJDFS6L8?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_locati... 4d

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

I‘ve been reading way too many books at a time that I‘ve let this one linger. So long in fact that I‘ve forgotten who Mrs General was. So I found this great web page:

https://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/novels/little-dorrit/little-dorrit-characters...

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

Susanita I hate when that happens! 5d

Lcsmcat I had to do that for War and Peace. Too many characters to keep straight when reading slowly! 4d

Cuilin I found this Dickens hard to pay attention to. I could blame the fact that I was distracted with other reads but there is something about it that just didn‘t draw me in like others. 4d

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Cuilin

Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens

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#WhatTheDickens @Texreader

A rags to riches story. Has all the usual Dickens themes of social inequality and injustice. This was a little more nuanced as it explored the idea of the corruption of wealth. Honestly not my favourite Dickens but probably a me issue as I was too distracted by other reads to give it the attention it surely deserves.

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 @cindymylifeislit 2w

Texreader Still going, slowly. The first part was meh. Then it got really good. Then the Rich section started and it‘s meh again. Fortunately he still has great zingers in there making it worth the read (I hope). 2w

Cuilin @Texreader definitely worth the read. 2w

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BookwormAHN @Texreader Dickens is great with the sarcasm 😸 2w

BookwormAHN I think I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. Also not my favorite but I'm glad I read it. 2w

Cuilin @BookwormAHN Yes I much preferred the first part. 2w

AnneCecilie I enjoyed both parts, showed easy comes easy goes. And how money changes people, but at the same time we‘re all the same 2w

Cuilin @AnneCecilie Money certainly can change people. 2w

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Texreader

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

It‘s taken me long enough but I‘m finally halfway through the book. #whattheDickens @Cuilin

Cuilin I‘m almost done. Too many buddy reads going on. 🤦‍♀️ (edited) 3w

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