What are your criticisms of Charles Dickens' books?

I grew up with Dickens. When I was playing, my mother would always be either working or reading a book. It was often one of the thirty volumes of Dickens' works translated into Russian. When I was eight, she gave me David Copperfield. Since then, I have been a fan of Dickens. read more

My sense is that the bad parts of Dickens - the infamously mawkish Olivers and little Nells for example - come from exactly the same place as the good parts, and that without them his novels would lose an indefinable beauty. read more

Posted By Mr Valentine at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens || 0 Replies No Subject I believe that the way people see the book depends on the person. read more