tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post7712306285449751326..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Dinner With Dickens - Pen VoglerDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-70932352132087560952021-01-21T13:21:08.027+00:002021-01-21T13:21:08.027+00:00I've quite wanted the Drinking with Dickens bo...I've quite wanted the Drinking with Dickens book for a while. It keeps being referenced when I'm looking certain things up. I don't have the concentration for a meandering Victorian anything right now, and my problem with Dickens is that his books can be so long, which in the right mood is fine, but right now is not! Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-62420209835314786782021-01-20T12:57:12.501+00:002021-01-20T12:57:12.501+00:00I've read a lot of Dickens and love most of hi...I've read a lot of Dickens and love most of his work because it's so playful and often feels very fresh, as though he wrote it only recently. But... I couldn't get through the Pickwick Papers; I found it truly boring. I can recommend Martin Chuzzlewit though – it's a good read and has a lot of wonderful references to food and drink in it. <br />Oh, and 'Drinking with Dickens' and 'Dining with Dickens', both by Cedric Dickens, are lovely books about the food and drink in D's work.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254876628037636300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-2563988608658359642021-01-19T14:24:22.380+00:002021-01-19T14:24:22.380+00:00I'm really pleased to hear it. When the weathe...I'm really pleased to hear it. When the weather is a bit more jelly friendly I'll see about having a go :)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-89551604391816585262021-01-12T17:47:37.576+00:002021-01-12T17:47:37.576+00:00I wrote a long comment about striped jelly oranges...I wrote a long comment about striped jelly oranges and it disappeared - but the gist was that they'e not as fiddly as you might think! Marynoreply@blogger.com