The Dickens Collection

[ladyramkin2000]

I was wondering about this.  I keep seeing the commercials for it and 
looked it up on the net.  I'll have a look in W.H.Smith at the 
weekend to see if it is worth buying, but I am inclined to agree with 
Kathryn that the accompanying magazine seems to be in the category of 
Dickens for the Slow on the Uptake.  If you are going to read the 
books, why on earth do you need to be told about the plot and 
characters?  The information about Dickens' life and the Victorian 
age can't be crammed in to a few pages.  There are much better 
sources.  I really think you would be better off investing in the 
Oxford Illustrated Dickens at about six pounds or in the paperbacks 
published by Wordsworth at about one pound.

Sylvia (who agrees with June about the Oscar Wilde quote)