MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT (1994)

THE FILM (Mini Series)

DIRECTOR: Pedr James

SCREENWRITER: David Lodge

STARS: Paul Scofield, Ben Walden, John Mills, Tom Wilkinson, Pete Postlethwaite, Joan Sims

COUNTRY: Great Britain

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: Charles Dickens

TYPE: Novel

PUBLISHER: Penguin

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1994

COUNTRY: Great Britain

COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1843-44

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Costume Drama

WORDS: I went through a Dickens phase. It was forced but, it turned out to be most pleasurable. I was stuck in Croatia for an extended period of time, in winter and I needed something to read. My Croatian reading skills are marginal, making reading (especially literature) a slow process. I went to the local book store and looked through their foreign language (in this case that would be English) section and all they had were Penguin publishing classics … and mainly Charles Dickens. I bought one (“Hard Times”) … I devoured it with delight. I bought another two (“Great Expectations” and I think “David Copperfield”) and had the same reaction. Dickens is a wonderful writer.

This is a long way of saying I haven’t read this book (or seen the TV Mini series) but Dickens I have a lot of time for.

 

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