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Old 01-30-2012, 02:06 PM   #5
Hamlet53
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Originally Posted by banjobama View Post
The list so far:

10: Oliver Twist
9: Dombey and Son
8: Hard Times
7: The Pickwick Papers

What's going to be number one? The Old Curiosity Shop?

Also here is their list of 100 best novels since 1923. I haven't read many of these... could turn it into a 2013 reading challenge!
I would have placed The Pickwick Papers higher. It's hilarious. My number one would be David Copperfield. If I am guessing number one I would say Great Expectations or a Tale of Two Cities.

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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Given that Dickens only wrote 14 novels, a "top 10" list is going to include the majority of them. I find it more interesting to speculate on which ones WON'T make the list. I'd speculate that it's going to be:

Martin Chuzzlewit
Our Mutual Friend
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Barnaby Rudge

Just my opinion, but if it was up to me The Old Curiosity Shop shop would replace Barnaby Rudge on that list. Cloying tearjerker.
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