Charles Dickens quotes-
-Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
-A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
-Electric communication will never be the face of someone, who with their soul, encourages another person to be brave and true.
- The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
-To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips when I have opened my heart.
- The pain of parting is nothing compared with the joy of meeting again.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Monday, 16 September 2013
The Legacy of Dickens-A contrary argument
In 1925, Virginia Woolf said "There is perhaps no person living who can remember reading David Copperfield for the first time." This was at a time when Charles Dickens was more than a national monument, it was during the Victorian era, when it was common practice for everyone able to afford it, to read Dickens at all family gatherings, formal events, and every evening after dinner in all households that could around the country.
But in the modern day, however, you may be hard pressed to find someone who has read David Copperfield. Most Dickens read today, is in the form of small works, easy for students to finish in a matter of weeks. A Tale Of Two Cities is still the best selling novel in the world, although the legend of Dickens may not live much longer. Young people, although they may have heard of Dickens, don't really read such literature. They are written in an elegant style of Old English, that is very contrary to the style of writing today. People may not be interested, as well, in the occasionally action-lacking plots. It is also because of technology, that people may not be reading. Books are being replaced by e-books, television and the internet. Books must be understandable and hooking, in order to entice a reader. Dickens no longer presents this, as people and the English language has changed so much over the past century.
In 1925, Virginia Woolf said "There is perhaps no person living who can remember reading David Copperfield for the first time." This was at a time when Charles Dickens was more than a national monument, it was during the Victorian era, when it was common practice for everyone able to afford it, to read Dickens at all family gatherings, formal events, and every evening after dinner in all households that could around the country.
But in the modern day, however, you may be hard pressed to find someone who has read David Copperfield. Most Dickens read today, is in the form of small works, easy for students to finish in a matter of weeks. A Tale Of Two Cities is still the best selling novel in the world, although the legend of Dickens may not live much longer. Young people, although they may have heard of Dickens, don't really read such literature. They are written in an elegant style of Old English, that is very contrary to the style of writing today. People may not be interested, as well, in the occasionally action-lacking plots. It is also because of technology, that people may not be reading. Books are being replaced by e-books, television and the internet. Books must be understandable and hooking, in order to entice a reader. Dickens no longer presents this, as people and the English language has changed so much over the past century.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Who was Charles Dickens?
Charles Dickens was, and still is, one of the most notable and iconic figures ever in English literature. He was also known in his time for being the greatest writer of the Victorian period. Although many of his books are over 150 years old, they still sell as many copies as many modern bestsellers. Some of his more notable works include; The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, many of which have been adapted for films or plays. A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies, making the best-selling single volume book ever written. I think that it is this, and the everlasting legacy of Dickens, that has made him great, and propelled his name through hundreds of years of literature history.
Charles Dickens was, and still is, one of the most notable and iconic figures ever in English literature. He was also known in his time for being the greatest writer of the Victorian period. Although many of his books are over 150 years old, they still sell as many copies as many modern bestsellers. Some of his more notable works include; The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, many of which have been adapted for films or plays. A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies, making the best-selling single volume book ever written. I think that it is this, and the everlasting legacy of Dickens, that has made him great, and propelled his name through hundreds of years of literature history.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Books
What are books for?
Books are where we escape to.
They open, they absorb us.
Time and time over.
They are stories to live in.
But where would we be without books?
That question brings the closing;
Of doors, and stores,
Of pen lids and typewriters,
and of minds, society, and the world as we know it.
What are books for?
Books are where we escape to.
They open, they absorb us.
Time and time over.
They are stories to live in.
But where would we be without books?
That question brings the closing;
Of doors, and stores,
Of pen lids and typewriters,
and of minds, society, and the world as we know it.
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