What is your favourite, Charles Dickens novel and why?

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   victoria1800posted 11 years ago

   What is your favourite, Charles Dickens novel and why?
   
   It is that time of year when I like to sit and read 'A Christmas Carol'.
   What is your favourite Dickens novel?
   
   

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   Phyllis Doyleposted 11 years ago

   As much as I like 'A Christmas Carol', I think my favorite novel by Dickens is 'The Chimes', a story about an old man who stands in front of a church every day, waiting for job offers. It is a very good story with few characters.

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      victoria1800posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I have not read 'The Chimes' as yet, but It sounds interesting.

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   Paradise7posted 11 years ago

   My personal favourite is "Great Expectations".  Pip is just so human, and the whole business with Estella and Miss Haversham is so romantic.

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      victoria1800posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I totally agree,  it is also one of my favourites.

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   LastRoseofSummer2posted 11 years ago

   "A Christmas Carol" is my favorite Dickens novel as well. For one thing, I find the story very appealing. However, it is also my favorite because it is one of Dickens' shorter works. I love pretty much all of his stories, but most of his novels are so long and drawn out that I find them difficult to read. "A Christmas Carol", on the other hand, is a perfect length and is a book I can read over and over again (especially this time of year).

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      victoria1800posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes some of them are extremely long. I remember someone bought me a set of his books when I was younger. A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist were easy to read, while David Copperfield seemed very long and it took me a while to get in to it.

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   robjlodgeposted 11 years ago

   My personal favourite is Oliver Twist. It offers a very visceral, concentrated account of how difficult it was to grow up as an orphan in those times. The characters are all very well developed and it has a very satisfying ending.

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      victoria1800posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Oliver Twist is a classic. Like A Christmas Carol, it is a book that can be read over and over.

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