Comments on: ‘Portraits of the Sixties’—the 1860s, when Dickens and Thackeray ruled the literary roost http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/portraits-of-the-sixties-the-1860s-when-dickens-and-thackeray-and-others-ruled-the-literary-roost/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/portraits-of-the-sixties-the-1860s-when-dickens-and-thackeray-and-others-ruled-the-literary-roost/comment-page-1/#comment-1064320 David Rothman Mon, 25 May 2009 01:23:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/24/portraits-of-the-sixties-the-1860s-when-dickens-and-thackeray-and-others-ruled-the-literary-roost/#comment-1064320 Well, Joseph, I'm always happy to help teachers neglect the "duties" your mention. Thanks, and don't be shy about sharing your own suggestions if/when you have time! Same for other TeleRead community members. David Well, Joseph, I’m always happy to help teachers neglect the “duties” your mention. Thanks, and don’t be shy about sharing your own suggestions if/when you have time! Same for other TeleRead community members. David

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/portraits-of-the-sixties-the-1860s-when-dickens-and-thackeray-and-others-ruled-the-literary-roost/comment-page-1/#comment-1064298 Joseph Gray Mon, 25 May 2009 01:15:23 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/24/portraits-of-the-sixties-the-1860s-when-dickens-and-thackeray-and-others-ruled-the-literary-roost/#comment-1064298 "liven up 19th century literature for students"? David, don't you know that English teachers and History teachers are contractually obligated to make literature and history as boring as possible? To make these subject interesting would be scandalous. Sarcasm aside, it is sad that most teachers do indeed make these subjects boring, when they are in fact very interesting. As you know, there are tons of very good reading over at Gutenberg and elsewhere. Also, history is filled with true stories that are every bit as good as the fictional kind. “liven up 19th century literature for students”? David, don’t you know that English teachers and History teachers are contractually obligated to make literature and history as boring as possible? To make these subject interesting would be scandalous.

Sarcasm aside, it is sad that most teachers do indeed make these subjects boring, when they are in fact very interesting. As you know, there are tons of very good reading over at Gutenberg and elsewhere. Also, history is filled with true stories that are every bit as good as the fictional kind.

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