Thanks everyone for all the recommendations!
I've started Middlemarch, but it's slow going. I have to lookup an average of, oh, say a word per page. Of course, now that I'm reading on a Kindle, I don't mind.
Do you know the word "pilulous"? Wasn't in my dictionary, wasn't in Wikipedia--had to go to a google search!
I might start a "word of the day" thread with all the new stuff I'm learning!
