tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657912610170806601.post7742085791448544244..comments2023-10-19T06:42:07.648-05:00Comments on Banter of a Blond Republican Couple: Back to the Classics Challenge: Bleak HouseCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558069223334537518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657912610170806601.post-38711083560706592002016-07-30T07:32:52.599-05:002016-07-30T07:32:52.599-05:00Though it took me around 200 pages to settle into ...Though it took me around 200 pages to settle into Dickens’ pace, I became absorbed in this novel The characters of Inspector Bucket and the sly man-child Harold Skimpole are unforgettable. The descriptions show characters, landscapes, slums and rooms (Dickens has a thing about squalor). The chase scene near the end rivets us, we are not reading about Esther and Bucket in the pursuit, we are in the carriage with them as the snow and sleet fall. Incredible. An unforgettable reading experience Dickens' power to enthrall, to enchant still stands.<br />Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038437416575948282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657912610170806601.post-69440210372057914382016-03-04T20:22:07.705-06:002016-03-04T20:22:07.705-06:00I LOVE Bleak House! So exciting to find someone el...I LOVE Bleak House! So exciting to find someone else who enjoyed it also. I actually watched the TV series first, but I love the book too. It is without a doubt my very favorite Dickens novel, and I've read all but one of them (Edwin Drood). It simply has EVERYTHING you could want in a Victorian three-decker novel -- romance, humor, suspense, satire -- it's practically perfect in every way (even though Ada is annoying, but Dickens' ingenues always are.)<br /><br />I think BBC series is brilliant, especially the casting -- Charles Dance as Tulkinghorn, Gillian Anderson as Lady Dedlock, Alun Armstrong as Inspector Bucket. <br /><br />Anyway, so happy you liked it and you linked up to the Back to the Classics Challenge!Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.com