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Former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said, "In literary matters my dividing line is: Do you like Dickens or do you not? If you do not, I am sorry for you and that is an end of the matter."
Vladimir Nabokov, in addressing his students, said, "If it were possible I would like to devote the fifty minutes of every class...
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Former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said, "In literary matters my dividing line is: Do you like Dickens or do you not? If you do not, I am sorry for you and that is an end of the matter."
Vladimir Nabokov, in addressing his students, said, "If it were possible I would like to devote the fifty minutes of every class meeting to mute meditation, concentration, and admiration of Dickens."
If you're already a Dickens fan, or if you are interested in getting to know more about him, this is the group for you!
And if you're someone who thinks you don't like Dickens, perhaps because of a bad experience reading him in high school or college, this is the place to rediscover him.
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