tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post3195934734927931588..comments2024-02-23T01:45:36.309-08:00Comments on Peter G. Shilston's Blog: Dickens and Disraeli on discontentPeter G. Shilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14738298407725174339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-87033676307567276722018-09-22T05:45:11.534-07:002018-09-22T05:45:11.534-07:00Enjoyed reading it. Very nice read plus illuminati...Enjoyed reading it. Very nice read plus illuminating.debashishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412787653550850672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-1834028800419934062014-12-29T23:23:18.537-08:002014-12-29T23:23:18.537-08:00More specifically....the OED is wrong, Dickens did...More specifically....the OED is wrong, Dickens didn't coin "boredom" - his usage was a parody of the true originator--Disraeli!: http://tinyurl.com/pr5mto2 Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-89023871351831837642014-12-29T20:44:33.992-08:002014-12-29T20:44:33.992-08:00Did it ever occur to you that Hard Times was Dcken...Did it ever occur to you that Hard Times was Dckens's conscous but covert rebuttal of Disraeli's novel that you mentioned? <br /><br />I have found evidence that Dickens was reading Disraeli all along....Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-82785190925010588832013-08-26T10:43:51.741-07:002013-08-26T10:43:51.741-07:00I'm so glad someone found Sleary as irritating...I'm so glad someone found Sleary as irritating as I did; I wanted to strangle him. Or thtrangle him.<br /><br />With Dickens there's always a bit of clunkiness, but with Hard Times he really wasn't on his game. It feels like the challenge of forcing an 800-page situation into a 300-page novel was just too much for him. And he commits a cardinal sin of narration — he kills off all the wrong characters. Ah well.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485410374923842372noreply@blogger.com