Has anyone here read ALL of Charles Dickens works?

[grasswire]

I'm thinking of attempting this literary trek.

Most of us have read some Dickens in school. I've read a few others over the years. But I want to read everything he wrote. Including his Child's History of England.

Which Dickens piece of writing did you like best?

[PassingFair]

1. I have read every book except "Barnaby Rudge".

My favorite is "David Copperfield".

Followed by:

Little Dorrit
Domby & Son
Our Mutual Friend
Martin Chuzzlewit

and

Nicholas Nickelby

I didn't like:

Great Expectations
Hard Times

I have read the Child's History and recommend it strongly.
So well written and wry!

I have also read several biographies and visited his home in London.

He is my favorite author.

I don't know why I never read Barnaby Rudge...
I guess I just ran out of steam.

[grasswire]

2. did you like Bleak House?

I adored the Masterpiece Theater serial of it and expect to like the reading of it a lot too.

[PassingFair]

6. How could I leave out Bleak House?!

Yes. Should have had it on my list of favorites.

Tragic, slow ruination of a family by the legal
system.

[PassingFair]

7. Was that the version with Diana Rigg?

I loved it as well.

Masterpiece did "Little Dorrit"
recently and it was wonderful.

[grasswire]

9. some of the phrases from Bleak House have become part of the family language

"Shake me up!"

The two teenagers adored it! One is now majoring in literature at community college.

[wickerwoman]

3. Saving Our Mutual Friend until just before I die.

;-)

Favorites would be Nicholas Nickelby, Bleak House and Oliver Twist.

But I have to say I loved Dickens as a teen and then reread some stuff in my 20s and his portrayal of his female characters is *awful*. Especially in David Copperfield.

[XemaSab]

8. Fan of Desmond, or fan of John Irving?

:shrug:

[Silver Swan]

4. I've read almost all of them and I own the books.

Charles Dickens is one of the few male authors who resolved his plots.

Women seem to have done better this way.

Even with modern writers, I tend to prefer women, who seen to use less pretense and crap in their novels.

Just my opinion and preference, of course.

[Kaleva]

5. I've considered it. Does that count?

[Lucian]

10. Haven't read all of his works, but I catch them on Masterpiece Theater.

:)

[JoDog]

11. Thanks to the Kindle

I'm working on it. The majority of his pieces are free to download.