tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post4507656919111374588..comments2024-03-26T13:05:44.788-04:00Comments on The Once Lost Wanderer: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (novel #102)Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-80139301448273485982017-12-05T17:57:17.062-05:002017-12-05T17:57:17.062-05:00Yeah, I've wondered if he originally intended ...Yeah, I've wondered if he originally intended Sam to be so prominent, or if he realized Sam's popularity and then developed him a bit more. Either way...it worked out good. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-25770421338818990992017-12-04T01:22:06.302-05:002017-12-04T01:22:06.302-05:00That sounds like a great, leisurely way to roll al...That sounds like a great, leisurely way to roll along with Mr Pickwick and the gang. I read and reviewed it this January as my first book in the Classics Challenge. I could sense Dickens' youthful voice coming through, and that was before I realised he was only 24 at the time of writing. It's a great story to have read, and I can understand how Sam Weller helped his author become a celebrity :)Paula Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-32159308655397683502017-11-21T18:10:13.244-05:002017-11-21T18:10:13.244-05:00That's a great memory. I love to hear of paren...That's a great memory. I love to hear of parents and children sharing reading....but brothers and sisters is even more rare, though this is the second such memory I've read about this week. Thanks for sharing.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-30696665061871884792017-11-21T16:03:30.800-05:002017-11-21T16:03:30.800-05:00I love Pickwick, more from nostalgia, I think, tha...I love Pickwick, more from nostalgia, I think, than anything else. I enjoy Sam Weller, and the roaming around England and the parties and food and misadventures, but mostly I love it because it was one of the first non-kids books that I read as a young teen and enjoyed talking about it with my older brother, Mark, who recommended it to me. JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-69226996804345527342017-11-19T20:54:37.912-05:002017-11-19T20:54:37.912-05:00We'll probably do it again in 2036 for the 200...We'll probably do it again in 2036 for the 200th anniversary. You can join in then ;) Sorry we missed you this time.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-21695413606646683982017-11-19T20:53:19.903-05:002017-11-19T20:53:19.903-05:00Yeah...but I wouldn't necessarily suggest this...Yeah...but I wouldn't necessarily suggest this as a good starting point for Dickens. IMO A Tale of Two Cities is his greatest achievement, but the consensus says David Copperfield. I haven't read Bleak house, but I understand it is excellent...so probably a good start.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-55968825797153064562017-11-19T00:18:32.740-05:002017-11-19T00:18:32.740-05:00Ah, i wish I’d known about this, it sounds like so...Ah, i wish I’d known about this, it sounds like so much fun!!M.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11925634583709978628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-73818132743143017612017-11-18T15:17:11.897-05:002017-11-18T15:17:11.897-05:00I am ashamed to admit that I have yet to read Dick...I am ashamed to admit that I have yet to read Dickens. I wanted to start with Bleak House, but how fun this must have been to participate in this readalong, and as you mentioned, similar to how the original readers would have engaged in it. I have missed out!Natalie~Coffee and a Book Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369504951819517390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-51748005637750215542017-11-18T08:12:49.644-05:002017-11-18T08:12:49.644-05:00Thanks Fanda.Thanks Fanda.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-76447306312423040212017-11-16T19:42:53.532-05:002017-11-16T19:42:53.532-05:00I envy you for reading Pickwick Papers strictly to...I envy you for reading Pickwick Papers strictly to the publication date! I have joined the challenge last year, but something happened that I needed to read something funny and witty (and I just could not put this book down). So... I have read it but not as planned. But this is the kind of books that I'd love to reread someday, maybe then I'd do the challenge myself. :)<br />Good job for you, Joseph, congrats!Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-64236707999253173012017-11-15T18:28:25.253-05:002017-11-15T18:28:25.253-05:00Pretty sure you'll enjoy it.Pretty sure you'll enjoy it.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-31603822714072948002017-11-15T18:27:50.107-05:002017-11-15T18:27:50.107-05:00Yes, I'm sure, and I've read, the readers ...Yes, I'm sure, and I've read, the readers were clamoring for the next edition. One thing that stood out to me as very Dickenesque was when the narrator (Dickens of course) would offer some commentary just dripping with sarcasm.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-39519967177442217412017-11-15T16:11:20.436-05:002017-11-15T16:11:20.436-05:00Of all the Dickens I have not read, this is the on...Of all the Dickens I have not read, this is the one I am most looking forward to. Partly because it's in <i>Little Women</i> and partly because it sounds funny. And partly because so many people tell me I would like it. I will get to it eventually!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-84372031600554279692017-11-13T16:48:43.042-05:002017-11-13T16:48:43.042-05:00I have never read any Victorian novel in that way,...I have never read any Victorian novel in that way, though I have been tempted. I know that other blogs/vlogs have done similarly with Middlemarch, Our Mutual Friend, etc. <br /><br />If you were itching to read ahead occasionally, just think how the reader in 1837 may have felt! <br /><br />I love Dickens and what I think I liked best about this book is how it showed the reader "future" Dickens in that there are bits and pieces in Pickwick that are further expounded upon in later novels.Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.com