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I’m not a fan of realistic fiction…I mean I’m a romance novelist and I like happy endings. So Dickens has never been a favorite of mine but I visited his house this summer while I was in London and to be honest became a little fascinated with him.
I’ve been reading up on him and just in time for A Christmas Carol which I saw this past weekend. I’m not usually a fan of this story because I don’t like to be scared and I don’t like how sad Scrooge is because of his lost love, but this new movie is fascinating and being a bit older and wiser this year I can appreciate Scrooge’s lost love and how that really affected his life.
I know a lot of people love Dickens so I’m sure I was in the minority not to really love him, but have you ever had an author that you just didn’t get or enjoy and then after a few years had a change of heart?
Kathy 
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Nov 17th
2009
9:49 am
Margo Maguire Said:
Kathy – this happens to me all the time, but more on a daily or weekly basis. For example, there might be a day when I pick up a book and just cannot get into it. But a week later, I might find it exactly to my taste. That’s why I will never bash another author – so much of my opinion rests on my inclinations of the moment.
But I DO love Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend is my favorite, and it’s VERY romantic!
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Nov 17th
2009
10:25 am
kristan higgins Said:
I had to read a lot of the classics in college, and sometimes it was torture. I reread some Thomas Hardy a few years ago and loved him!
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Nov 17th
2009
10:37 am
Nancy Robards Thompson Said:
The first go-round, I had a very hard time getting into “The Great Gatsby.” It was my first Fitzgerald novel (read when I was in college). Now he’s one of my favorite authors and “Gatsby” is one of my top five favorite books. I think it’s great to keep an open mind. Sometimes we aren’t ready for something the first time, and we miss out if we automatically dismiss it. Good post, Kathy!
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Nov 17th
2009
11:37 am
Shana Said:
I’ve visited Dickens’s house too–but it’s because I love him. I used to teach A Tale of Two Cities to sophomores, and I adored it. Seriously, no one does parallelism, anaphora, symbolism, and theme like Dickens. Oh, and he writes a good story too. I cried every time at the end of TOTC.
I remember I had trouble with Pride and Prejudice the first time I tried to read it. I’m glad I picked it up again.
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Nov 21st
2009
6:20 pm
Jami Said:
I think Shakespeare is the only one I gave a second chance. I hated him because of the way my high school freshman english teacher taught him. I gave him a 2nd chance because of Captain Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Still cannot get into Austen nor Dickens and pretty much hated all required reading books except for Brave New World.
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