Great Expectations is CRAZY! (I've never read it before.) I'm almost done. It's just one thing after another in Pip's world. Seriously. I mean I've had Dickens-phobia for a while, so I'm proud of myself for pushing past it and getting through this thing, but now I couldn't stop even if I wanted to. All this stuff is happening! And it has these weird horror-like moments. And all these connections between everyone! Crazy! There are a lot of sick, twisted characters in there and all these cliff-hanger endings (which makes sense since it was written as a serial story in a magazine). I've called so many crazy twists before they're completely revealed and I've had so many squealing, trying-not-to-laugh/scream moments (Mom and Hanna, you know what I'm talking about). I'm exhausted. ;)
Oh, and I have an interesting fact for y'all today. Dave (our home-stay dad) is related to the woman who wrote The Indian in the Cupboard. (She's his aunt!) And his cousin (one of her sons) is named Omri. cool, huh? (And I just realized, after googling her and seeing her name, that she's written a lot of other books we loved reading, like The Fairy Rebel and The Farthest-Away Mountain. wow. Now I'm even more impressed than when when they first told me.)
This is Great Expectations blowing my mind. heehee. :)
:p Great Expectations. Yech! ;) I'm glad your enjoying it. (cuz I sure didn't)
ReplyDeleteHi. I remember teaching "Great Expectations" to my ninth grade English students way back when. It was fun and they enjoyed it ( we adapted it into a radio presentation, no less). I was at the library yesterday and some mysterious force directed me to the Dickens section . . . so I picked up a copy of GE. I hope I still like it. But maybe I will agree with Patrick ;-) after all these years. Love ya, Poppy L
ReplyDeleteI love Great Expectations!!! It's SO good. I haven't been able to motivate myself to read any more Dickens. eventually. And I'm so jealous of all the plays you get to go to!
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