'Little Dorrit' readalong

[Piggywaspushed]

Hello and welcome to our next proposed Dickensalong after the success of our previous readalongs!

On our previous thread I suggested our first month as commencing in April and convening on June 1st to discuss the first instalment : gives everyone time to get copies and get settled down.

Everyone is welcome! We always start with about 10 people and end up with about 5...

Instalments I have chosen follow Dickens' shorter 19 instalments (which were all exactly the same number of pages originally - that must have taken considerable planning and editing!) but come in pairs or trios:-
The novel comprises only two Books, which forces a break at a particular point, too.

May 2021 - Book One , Chapters 1-11
June - Chapters 12-18
July - Chapters 19-25
August - Chapters 26- 36
September - Book Two Chapters 1-11
October - Chapters 12-18
November - Chapters 19-26
December - Chapters 27 - 34

So finished by 2022. I think that suits reading speed of most.

Happy Reading!

Brilliant! Thanks for knocking us into shape, Piggy.
Just waiting for my copy to arrive and will get cracking ASAP.

Thanks Piggy, I'm determined to complete this readalong, really looking forward to it. Crazy to think we will be at the end of this year when we have finished!

Thanks piggy - looking forward to this one

Thanks Piggy!

Thanks for setting this up Piggy! Will try my best!

Thanks Piggy, I'm in. I was on the David Copperfield readalong, but missed the OMF one.

Never read Little Dorrit, know nothing about it. Just downloaded it for my Kindle.

Hello, could I join in? I read 'Madame Bovary' earlier this year and I'm ready for another challenge :)

Of course! All welcome!

Great, ordering my copy now.

I have downloaded my copy.
I’ve never read Little Dorrit. I think I recall listening to BBC radio production- but maybe I dreamt that!

All present and correct 👍

I’m armed and ready!

I'm in, looking forward to reading it. Hopefully this thread will keep me on track.

I'm in! I'm in!

I can't remember if I've read it or not tbh.

Excellent!

It may come back to you jupp!

I plan to start reading tomorrow all being well...

Well, I've just read the first chapter, and I'm pretty sure I have read it before. My memory is pretty poor though, which is a positive advantage when it comes to enjoying old books. I think I've tended to plough through things too quickly: I'm learning to savour.

I read the first chapter this morning. Off to a good start! I quite enjoyed the location, very exotic maybe not the prison however

Oh, very good fuzzy! Virtual imaginary sticker for you.

Oh and sticker for jupp too. Wouldn't want you to feel left out.

@Piggywaspushed

Oh, very good fuzzy! Virtual imaginary sticker for you.

thank you, Piggy!

I read it at university years ago so I'm going to reread along with you lot. My copy arrives tomorrow. Plan is to set the alarm 15 minutes earlier each day to read it.

Good plan! early morning reading is the best!

I’m going to wait until later in May to start reading if we’re not discussing until June. If I start reading now I won’t remember it!