/lit/ - Literature

>>23462562
Dickens is only potential contender. No shadow of English literature loom larger then those two. You have to give Shakespeare the W because his influence is still this large even after his medium(the play) as gone out of style. He truly transcended his medium. Makes me wish he had written a epic poem. But Dickens deserves his due as well. His shadow is as long as it is despite the fact that strictly wrote comedies/happy endings. Most great literature is tragic, so for Dickens to achieve his status with no real tragedies under his belt is impressive.

>Dostoevsky's favorite writer.
>Tolstoy's favorite.
>Hugo's favorite.
>Nabokov favorite

>Never had a single book in the top 100

Why doesn't /lit/ like Dickens? Have you guys simply not read him or is it a genuine dislike? Is the pros to hard to understand for zoomers?

>>23413803

>Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards. It is likely enough that, rooted in the woods of France and Norway, there were growing trees, when that sufferer was put to death, already marked by the Woodman, Fate, to come down and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history. It is likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts, bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted in by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution. But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.

This is not even the most memorable paragraph on this page. How was he able to write this well over so many books? Is he the greatest?

How come no American author can rival Dickens? What is it that makes Anglo literature so soulful?

what's your go-to Dickens for these cold autumnal evenings?

>snowing outside
Yea, I'm thinkin' its Dickens reading season

Why was he so wordy? When I read his work, I can tell he made a conscious decision to be as drawn out as possible.

is he the literary GOAT

What are the best editions of Charles Dickens’ novels?

How does one become prolific?

I've noticed a trend of Dickens hate lately. Whether it's on booktube or in person, people really seem to dislike his writing. I don't get it.

How come no one ever mentions Dickens here? I think he's pretty great. I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities now, pretty kino. I also like David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol, the latter probably from watching the old 30s movie.
Any other Victorian era authors like Dickens?

Surely /lit/ has read lots of Dickens, right? Rank his novels from the best to worst.

should i read this nigga's books?

The ultimate pseud filter

Where do I start with him? Happy New Year!

Rank Dickens' oeuvre

Our Mutual Friend>Bleak House>Pickwick Papers>Great Expectations>Little Dorrit>David Copperfield>Dombey and Son>Nicholas Nickleby>A Tale of Two Cities>Oliver Twist

Should I dip my dick in the Dickens? (Is he worth reading?)

I’ve been reading for about 10 years but have managed to avoid Dickens to this point.He just never seemed to appeal to me.However I’ve tried books I thought I wouldn’t enjoy and been pleasantly surprised.I’m eyeing Great Expectations, David Copperfield or The Pickwick Papers.Any thoughts or opinions on him?

Why does he make plebians seethe?

Charles Dickens, the biggest pseud filter.

Should novels still be printed in serialized form? Obviously there isn't a large enough readership to sustain it, but do you think it would help with the quality of the work? It seems that writers like Dickens and James really flourished using this method, and surely there are other writers and novelists working today who would benefit from only having their works published piecemeal in monthly editions.

Where does one start with him?