tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post1226804984137760572..comments2024-01-23T00:35:53.329-08:00Comments on this and that...: O for Oliver (A to Z Challenge)EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-43431970239347346622015-04-18T09:26:04.006-07:002015-04-18T09:26:04.006-07:00I've only watched the films. Like you, severa...I've only watched the films. Like you, several of them. It was a very harsh world they lived in. <br />Visit me at: <a href="http://lifefaithincaneyhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life & Faith in Caneyhead</a><br />I am Ensign B of <a href="http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tremps' Troops</a><br />with the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2015.html" rel="nofollow">A to Z Challenge</a><br />Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-2965500509801405392015-04-18T04:44:18.807-07:002015-04-18T04:44:18.807-07:00I have never read it either, it always sounded hor...I have never read it either, it always sounded horribly depressing... which is not necessarily a problem with a book, but you have to be in the mood for it :)<br /><br />@TarkabarkaHolgy from<br /><a href="http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Multicolored Diary</a> - Epics from A to Z<br /><a href="http://hungarykum.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">MopDog</a> - 26 Ways to Die in Medieval HungaryA Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-33636001477942250542015-04-17T13:01:42.509-07:002015-04-17T13:01:42.509-07:00Great choice. Dickens really was ahead of his tim...Great choice. Dickens really was ahead of his times for his attitudes to the poor. His stories which were serialised in the popular papers of the time really raised awareness of what was going on behind the scenes. Shocking to think that workhouses were still open when my grandmother was young, one of her uncles died in one. I wonder what Dickens would make of food banks being so necessary in our modern world?<br />On a lighter note, the musical Oliver is one of my favourites, we performed it at school.Jo who can't think of a clever nicknamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02663450738390351663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-32937924381815418562015-04-17T12:03:54.848-07:002015-04-17T12:03:54.848-07:00Yes, Dickens was so much more than just a story te...Yes, Dickens was so much more than just a story teller - he was an astute observer of the world around him and not afraid to write it like he saw it.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237277979894744930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-73011521759458149952015-04-17T08:05:01.476-07:002015-04-17T08:05:01.476-07:00I have never read the novel---I remember playing t...I have never read the novel---I remember playing the soundtrack from oliver the movie-over and over!Lynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.com