DISQUS

Holly Miler · 1 year ago

I have read 4 of them, and am reading Portrait of a Lady right now. I admit that this is my 3rd go at getting all the way through, though. I think I need to be in the right frame of mind to approach any given book. It took me several tries to read Le Mis and Great Expectations too. I take Dickens with a pretty open hand, there are portions I skim.

Jandy · 1 year ago

I saw the movie of Portrait of a Lady and hated it. But I also hate most Jane Campion-directed movies, so I'm not ready to hate the book yet. We'll see. And yeah, the last class I took with this professor had three D.H. Lawrence books in it, and I skimmed nearly all of them. I plan to do the same thing with Dickens; and the professor isn't a particular fan of Dickens, either, so I don't even feel bad about it!

george · 1 year ago

Yuck. The only ones I'd even try are Jane Eyre (I read and liked it), Mill on the Floss (George Elliot writes good stuff), and maybe Vanity Fair (except I've already seen the movie and didn't care for the story). Good luck.

Jandy · 1 year ago

Yeah, I know. I love Jane Eyre, so I'm looking forward to reading that again (haven't since I was about twelve). I didn't care for the film version of Vanity Fair either, but I've heard the book is a lot better. And I also love Dracula and pretty much anything by Oscar Wilde, so those will be fun to revisit. But I'm concerned about the Dickens, James, and especially Hardy.