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Originally Posted by HarryT
Hmmm. I'm not sure that "Martin Chuzzlewit" is the ideal introduction to Dickens, if you've not read him before. Personally I'd go for "Oliver Twist" or "Great Expectations". They are both a lot "lighter" and a lot shorter.
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Oh my gosh. I read "Great Expectations" and "Oliver Twist" a hundred years ago.
Are you saying that a story about a poor crippled kid who falls in love with a gold digging waitress who makes fun of him and breaks his heart is lighter than "Martin Chuzzelwitt"?
and "Oliver Twist"? I remember nothing 'light' about that one.
Perhaps I'm just not meant to read the great novels. I"ll try "Chuzzelwitt" and take it from there.
Thanks, Sparrow, thats exactly what made me want to read it in the first place!