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Dickens Seasonal Read Revealed (Patreon)

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2021-11-05 17:59:20
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The time has arrived.

Excitement is in the air. 

We are finally revealing the Secret Seasonal Dickens, which will be keeping us warm as we move into winter.

Let us know at what point in the video above you guessed the novel.

We're discussing the rationale for the choice, how to prepare for this particular read, and why Dickens is such a cherished writer.

Video Timestamps:

  • 0:00 The Secret Dickens Big Read
  • 1:30 Why read Charles Dickens?
  • 2:00 A note on George Eliot & Middlemarch
  • 3:00 Reading the Canonical Novel
  • 4:00 Why read Dickens every year?
  • 5:00 How to mark the end of your year
  • 6:05 How to read this novel (pacing & page quotas)
  • 8:00 Why Dickens has endured 
  • 9:15 Why this Dickens novel?
  • 11:00 Dickens' characters, humour & sentimentality 
  • 12:30 Why this novel is so personal to me
  • 14:15 Running through Dickens' oeuvre 
  • 15:30 Dickens Big Read revealed
  • 16:00 Recommended editions
  • 19:00 Two things for you to do to prepare

Book Editions:

Questions for You:

1) What is your current relationship with our seasonal read? Is this a reread or a first read?

2) What is your relationship with Dickens generally? Which novels and adaptations have you enjoyed? What did you think of them? And how would you encourage newcomers to Dickens?

Happy reading, everybody!

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Dickens Seasonal Read Revealed

0:00 The Secret Dickens Big Read 1:30 Why read Charles Dickens? 2:00 A note on George Eliot & Middlemarch 3:00 Reading the Canonical Novel 4:00 Why read Dickens every year? 5:00 How to mark the end of your year 6:05 How to read this novel (pacing & page quotas) 8:00 Why Dickens has endured 9:15 Why this Dickens novel? 11:00 Dickens' characters, humour & sentimentality 12:30 Why this novel is so personal to me 14:15 Running through Dickens' oeuvre 15:30 Dickens Big Read revealed 16:00 Recommended editions 19:00 Two things for you to do to prepare

Comments

Jetzabel Peniche

Hi Ben and Everyone, this is my first time reading it! I’m excited ! It’s December and Christmas is around the corner. Year is ending and you are right, it has been a very tough one but we are all here and thankfully, sharing something we love … READING.. and what better way to end the year ! Thanks Ben for everything!

Anonymous

Hello to all…after watching HLBC videos on YouTube over the last year I have joined as a Christmas present and to tackle my two white whale novels (Moby Dick and Middlemarch which I have begun several times and just can’t get beyond the first hundred pages or so). I think reading with a group of other literature lovers may be the key to either finally completing or figuring out why I can’t. There are other reads that I am looking forward to joining (Shakespeare, Ulysses, rereading Dracula and the next secret Dickens) and some that I will sit out as I have either recently reread or just not in that head or heart space currently. Wuthering Heights is one of the recent reads and so I am going to be doing a slow and close reading of Great Expectations during that time. It will be my seventh read as it is my favorite book but I would like to take this opportunity to examine why I love it and why it means so much. I turn to it in good and difficult times (when my grandmother passed I read it back to back over a two week time period…somehow she was a blend of Joe and Miss Havisham and I found it very comforting to read) but I think the key is what Ben talks about when it takes you to the heart of your childhood and development. I look forward to reading with you all over the next year and thank you for even just making such a community a reality.