Posted by Katariina on June 26, 1997 at 11:58:17:

In reply to Austen and Dickens posted by Nan on June 26, 1997 at 11:24:15

] I'm only about halfway though the book and I'm enjoying it.

What is this book, anyway? I never heard of it before, and it sounds interesting.
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] ] Do we have many Dickens fans here.

] I love Dickens and have an inexplicable weakness for that era. Maybe I was there? Ooooh scary!;-)

Me, too. Though a little less now that I have found JA... By the way, have you noticed that CD is considered a realist and JA a romantic? I find it quite amazing, at least when you look at the principal characters in their books. Just compare Oliver Twist to Elizabeth Bennet. (Could this be something for group read? Anyone?)

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• Re: Austen and Dickens Cassia 15:20:52 7/01/97 (1)
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