Author: Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Posted April 13, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Fiction, Reviews / 18 Comments

People have been reviewing Great Expectations for 150 years. It’s the essence of a classic to survive such a long time and still being read. It is also a writer’s name that adds to a classic’s character, but that is not always the case. However, with Charles Dickens it is the former case and readers have expectations. I do. Whenever I start reading a Dickens novel, I expect it to be long, and contain all the elements of a story telling. Certainly, Dickens is one of the masters of the art. The story is of an orphan,Pip, who from the beginning of the novel is not an ideal protagonist who have to be heroes or emotionally and physically strong. The […]

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BOOK REVIEW: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Posted August 2, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews / 32 Comments

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens  is a book full of quotes. It is the book, in which the lines must be quoted and not para-phrased. I remember first picking up this book when I was fifteen but never finished. Until last year, when I finished the book. Charles Dickens has been a very important personality in my life. I got to know him when i was thirteen when I remember reading Oliver Twist which had an impact over me at that time. Dickens characters always has never failed to amaze me but A Tale of Two Cities is all about the storyline which is set during era of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. It is a story of love, betrayal, […]

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BOOK REVIEW: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Posted June 27, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews / 51 Comments

David Copperfield  by Charles Dickens is considered to be the most closest work resembling Dickens life. It is autobiographical. is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. There is a funny anecdote related to this book. At the time when I was reading David Copperfield, a friend of mine tells me that the first book Sigmund Freud gave his fiancee, Martha Bernays, on their engagement in 1882. At the moment, I wanted to question his anecdote but I thought it otherwise. I said to myself, ‘Why not read this 900 pages book and find the answer to that ‘why’ myself?’ And indeed I did. […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Posted June 11, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews / 12 Comments

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly instalments between March 1852 and September 1853. The title, ‘Bleak House’ isn’t exactly an invitation for a reader to pick it up, and not a famous one either in terms of other Charles Dickens novels, especially A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. Even though it is not as famous as Dickens other novels yet it is one of the vast book and includes engaging variety of minor characters and sub-plots. The novel starts by a description of a murky November day in London. Thought out the novel Dickens’ descriptions of fog over the London in various words and styles is extraordinary. This novel share the brilliance of Dickens’ […]

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