tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post7045172961355546736..comments2024-01-17T09:43:44.882-06:00Comments on The Frugal Chariot: A Personal FavoriteJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-24886059363681579072014-03-23T18:32:09.044-06:002014-03-23T18:32:09.044-06:00Rachel, Thanks for your observations. I agree th...Rachel, Thanks for your observations. I agree that Dickens often relies on coincidence and melodrama. <br />Those flaws are overshadowed by his great strengths which include those you mentioned as well as a tremendous humanity and strong stories in the best of his novels.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-24003780908258747692014-03-23T17:18:07.056-06:002014-03-23T17:18:07.056-06:00it does disappoint in the use of coincidence and j...<i> it does disappoint in the use of coincidence and just a bit of melodrama</i><br /><br />Personally, I think of the use of coincidence as a particularly Dickensonian trait. Don't most of his books use coincidence quite heavily? I also think most of his books tend to be a little melodramatic. That said, I still love Dickens because of the deep messages that he conveys and his amazing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-22458781598568075042014-03-19T05:54:04.372-06:002014-03-19T05:54:04.372-06:00Brian, Thanks for your observations. In my senio...Brian, Thanks for your observations. In my senior year of high school we read <i>Great Expectations</i>, which in my estimation is Dickens' best along with <i>Bleak House</i> which I only discovered much later. <br />However, ever since my first reading of <i>David Copperfield</i> it has been my personal favorite. One of the great bildungsromans I grow fonder of it with every reading.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-6268703982841463292014-03-19T04:04:59.495-06:002014-03-19T04:04:59.495-06:00Excellent commentary on this one.
Over the last f...Excellent commentary on this one.<br /><br />Over the last few years i have been slowly reading my way through Dickens's novels but I have actually never read this one. We were never assigned it in School. I will do so, hopefully soon. <br /><br />For a writer who is so noted for his descriptions of urban scenes, Dickens had a such a striking and effective way of describing nature. He also Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com