Charles Dickens and His Women

In 2010, Oprah Winfrey put Great Expectations ("An unforgettable tale of fate and a chance encounter," according to her website) and A Tale of Two Cities ("thrives on tension and conflict, all set against a bloody backdrop of the French Revolution") on her book club list. [...] i...

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Published inCommentary (New York) Vol. 133; no. 2; p. 54
Main Author Jeffers, Thomas L
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Commentary 01.02.2012
Subjects
Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Biographies
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
Females
Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
Novels
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Summary:In 2010, Oprah Winfrey put Great Expectations ("An unforgettable tale of fate and a chance encounter," according to her website) and A Tale of Two Cities ("thrives on tension and conflict, all set against a bloody backdrop of the French Revolution") on her book club list. [...] it's long been said, and with some justice, that if Dickens were alive today, he'd be writing for TV and the movies, which thrive on what he excelled in making: melodrama with social protest, grotesques worthy of the bar scene in Star Wars ("rotten architecture, but wonderful gargoyles," as George Orwell said), hilarity, pathos, and suspense.
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ISSN:0010-2601
1943-4634