I'm not even halfway through The Old Curiosity Shop, and I'm not sure I'll get it finished at all. Part of me finds it fascinating, part of me wants to throw the book across the room. I had a feeling, that of all 12 of my classic novels for this year, I'd have the hardest time with Dickens _ mostly because I still harbour hard feelings towards Great Expectations. But, I felt I had to try.
I'm not taking it off the reading list, but I'm moving on to Lolita by Nabakov. I figure if I can get through Pale Fire (which I read at university and it made me want to find where Nabakov is buried, dig him up and punch him), then I should be able to manage Lolita.
So, for now, Little Nell and her grandfather will have to stay on the road. I have a feeling it's not going to end well anyway ....
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Re: locating the bury-hole, digging up the author and punching him or her: I've wanted to do that a time or two myself!
In the end _ and it's been a while _ I think I just finished the book out of sheer bloody-mindedness. Oh, and it was part of my course at university at the time ...
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