delightful dickens.

i have never read dickens. but recently picked up nicholas nickleby cause i liked the look of the book. (which that is another whole blog entry. how i pick out books. rather odd, but it works for me!)

the dickens characters are so colorful and diverse. and if you think of the names that he names them and see how he spells the name, it is amazing how much like the character the name is.

if you have watched/read our mutual friend, mr. headstone. humorous thing about this is that he proposes to lizzy in a graveyard. i would highly reccomend that movie. as endorsement for it, dr. horton on the bju english faculty says that it is the only movie that he has seen that is actually better than the book. high praise indeed!

but back to nicholas nickleby. i would suggest you read it. get a taste for dickens. very worth your time.