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Which Dickens next?
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I have just read Little Dorritt and thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to know which Dickens novel I should read next? Which are felt to be the most meaningful?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Depends what you've already read: Great Expectations is great (his best IMHO), Bleak House isn't far behind and Pickwick Papers is very funny, a book I like re-reading. There's something in all of them. Don't know whether they're meaningful though.
And if you want a change from Dickens, you could always try his mate, Wilkie Collins, or some Thackeray - Vanity Fair is a must-read.
And if you want a change from Dickens, you could always try his mate, Wilkie Collins, or some Thackeray - Vanity Fair is a must-read.
Hmm... I have read Great Expectations, but years ago. I will read it again, but want to read some of the others first. The thing I liked about Little Dorrit, was the characters and the way he shows that how people seem is not always how they are. Also it has priceless passages on bureaucracy that could have been written today. Thanks for the answers!