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Lew Crippen · 03-14-2003, 02:01 PM

I’ve always enjoyed Great Expectations more that Oliver Twist, perhaps because I like the source a bit more.

They both convey a great sense of the atmosphere that I get from reading Dickens, but even as much as I love the German Expressionist influenced sets of ‘Twist’, I love graveyard and Mrs. Havisham’s dinning room even more. Plus, I find the acting in ‘Expectations’ generally better than that in ‘Twist’. For example Jean Simmons is the very embodiment of a heartbreaker.

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Lew Crippen Member Location: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexíco Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 04:43 PM Local Date: 08-21-2008 Posts: 11,377	I’ve always enjoyed Great Expectations more that Oliver Twist, perhaps because I like the source a bit more. They both convey a great sense of the atmosphere that I get from reading Dickens, but even as much as I love the German Expressionist influenced sets of ‘Twist’, I love graveyard and Mrs. Havisham’s dinning room even more. Plus, I find the acting in ‘Expectations’ generally better than that in ‘Twist’. For example Jean Simmons is the very embodiment of a heartbreaker. ¡Time is not my master!