Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

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    Raradir said: February 07, 2012 04:33 PM

    Default Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

    Surprised there is no topic on this yet, well happy 200th Birthday to one of writings great Icons, whose work is still very popular and still echos todays modern society, so here you can wish a happy birthday and discuss his work.



    Charles John Huffam Dickens
    Born 7 February 1812
    Landport     , Portsmouth, England

    Died 9 June 1870 (aged 58)
    Gad's Hill Place     , Higham, Kent, England

    Thanx
    Raradir
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    EP!anastasi said: February 08, 2012 10:09 AM

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    Happy Birthday Mr. Dickens!

    Thank you for all the thrills and emotions and the good times you made me live by reading your stories! You are a great writer!


    His books that i remember reading as a young man were The Adventures of Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.

    His Christmas Stories (e.g. A Christmas Carol) andGreat Expectations are also golden classics. And i guess there's more that i don't know about.
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    Hmm - in my political spectrum Nazism is always on the extreme stupid wing.
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    Taraphir said: February 08, 2012 03:59 PM

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    This thread deserves more attention! Dickens stories may take place in the victorian era but they are of eternal relevance.
     

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    The Doubtful Guest said: February 08, 2012 04:24 PM

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    Wow 200 years old! Seems like just yesterday he was a little boy playing with sticks in my backyard.



     

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    Raradir said: February 08, 2012 04:52 PM

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    I really think the only movie adaption of his work I really like is Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist
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    EP!anastasi said: February 08, 2012 05:28 PM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raradir View Post
    I really think the only movie adaption of his work I really like is Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist
    Well, I usually find movie adaptations from books very lacking in comparison to the real thing (the book) when i've read it. But of course these are two different kinds of art. Cinema didn't even exist when Dickens lived...
    Quote Originally Posted by 1988matej View Post
    <snip> i won't preorder to get the dacian's, wont pay for the elephant dlc nor will i settle for a dumbed down game <snip>
    "My garden may be smaller than your Rome, but my pilum is harder than your sternum!"

    a great song ... and one more ... ok, one last






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    Fred Putz
    Quote Originally Posted by Fred Putz View Post
    Hmm - in my political spectrum Nazism is always on the extreme stupid wing.
    jimkatalanos

    Quote Originally Posted by jimkatalanos View Post
    Can someone delete this one temporarily?
    It's way too active and I am worried.
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Taiji
    Quote Originally Posted by Taiji View Post
    Honestly there is no ceremony while I sacrifice stuff
    Garbarsardar
    Quote Originally Posted by Garbarsardar View Post
    <snip> the behaviour of moderators is a clear example of the corruption that absolute power brings to these hitherto innocent kids. Jom, Hesus, Ishan, Giga, were a merry bunch of fellows until the DeletePostDemon went into them and made them do the unthinkable. Praise the lord. And pass the bucket.
    ~Gort~
    Quote Originally Posted by ~Gort~ View Post
    Irony is one of the few saving graces of humanity.
    irelandeb
    Quote Originally Posted by irelandeb View Post
    What we understand is neglible compared to what we know we don't understand, never mind what we don't know we don't understand.
    Squid
    Quote Originally Posted by Squid View Post
    It won't help, people will believe what they want to believe even when presented with incontrovertible proof to the contrary.
    Magicman2051
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    Clarifying, I don't disagree with what I quoted, I don't agree with it either.
    Aradan
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    You do make sense.
     

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    EP!anastasi said: February 10, 2012 11:59 AM

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    What is this Uriah Heep song doing in a thread about Charles Dickens?
    I'll rep whoever finds the correct answer.
    Quote Originally Posted by 1988matej View Post
    <snip> i won't preorder to get the dacian's, wont pay for the elephant dlc nor will i settle for a dumbed down game <snip>
    "My garden may be smaller than your Rome, but my pilum is harder than your sternum!"

    a great song ... and one more ... ok, one last






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    Fred Putz
    Quote Originally Posted by Fred Putz View Post
    Hmm - in my political spectrum Nazism is always on the extreme stupid wing.
    jimkatalanos

    Quote Originally Posted by jimkatalanos View Post
    Can someone delete this one temporarily?
    It's way too active and I am worried.
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Taiji
    Quote Originally Posted by Taiji View Post
    Honestly there is no ceremony while I sacrifice stuff
    Garbarsardar
    Quote Originally Posted by Garbarsardar View Post
    <snip> the behaviour of moderators is a clear example of the corruption that absolute power brings to these hitherto innocent kids. Jom, Hesus, Ishan, Giga, were a merry bunch of fellows until the DeletePostDemon went into them and made them do the unthinkable. Praise the lord. And pass the bucket.
    ~Gort~
    Quote Originally Posted by ~Gort~ View Post
    Irony is one of the few saving graces of humanity.
    irelandeb
    Quote Originally Posted by irelandeb View Post
    What we understand is neglible compared to what we know we don't understand, never mind what we don't know we don't understand.
    Squid
    Quote Originally Posted by Squid View Post
    It won't help, people will believe what they want to believe even when presented with incontrovertible proof to the contrary.
    Magicman2051
    Quote Originally Posted by Magicman2051 View Post
    Clarifying, I don't disagree with what I quoted, I don't agree with it either.
    Aradan
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    You do make sense.
     

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    Stívarđr Reynitré said: February 10, 2012 01:58 PM

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    Quote Originally Posted by EP!anastasi View Post


    What is this Uriah Heep song doing in a thread about Charles Dickens?
    I'll rep whoever finds the correct answer.
    Uriah Heep is an oft quoted character from David Copperfield.
     

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    Kanaric said: February 08, 2012 04:54 PM

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    I choose not to watch pedophile rapist movies
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    Raradir said: February 08, 2012 05:01 PM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kanaric View Post
    I choose not to watch pedophile rapist movies
    Good for you
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    Stívarđr Reynitré said: February 08, 2012 05:02 PM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kanaric View Post
    I choose not to watch pedophile rapist movies
    Technically it is a movie interpreted by a paedophile rapist...Allen, Scorsese, Aronofsky and Lynch disagree, but then they are all nihilistic bores.