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Dickens

posted 17 years ago by hickorywit
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A lot of Dickens in this movie - obviously, David Copperfield, but the first "bedtime story" Dr. Larch reads, about the dog bashing out its brains, is from Oliver Twist! Anyone else notice this?

Just got the novel yesterday and I'm looking forward to reading it.

[–] emc3eeap0llo-1 17 years ago

i hate dickens. :).

"Initiative comes to thems that wait."

[–] Shander_Is_Bored 17 years ago

Yeah, Dickens is all over Irving's novels. It's actually pretty tough to find an interview where Irving doesn't mention that Dickens is his greatest influence.

[–] henfruit 17 years ago

In the 40's most people did read Dickens - not my favorite author.

[–] rebekel 15 years ago

Very Dickensian.