Dickens wrote 14 novels
Posted: 16 Mar 2014, 09:02
Most people, when asked about Dickens (and what they like), will answer Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, or Great Expectations. These are his most popular novels. Many people have read one of these, or maybe even two.
While David Copperfield is my personal favorite, may I suggest the reading of others of his novels - Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, Bleak House (my second favorite), Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend. These are all classic Dickens and very satisfying, enjoyable novels. If you liked the one or two Dickens novels you've read, try reading more, especially the lesser-known ones. I like some of these more than Great Expectations.
As much as I love Dickens' novels, I'm not a big fan of his short stories. I think the novel was the forum in which he worked best. That being said, some of his novels are (in my opinion) of lesser quality. Don't get me wrong, Dickens is always enjoyable, but I don't think that Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, or Hard Times come up to the level of the others aforementioned.
(Not included here is The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the novel he was working on when he died.)
While David Copperfield is my personal favorite, may I suggest the reading of others of his novels - Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, Bleak House (my second favorite), Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend. These are all classic Dickens and very satisfying, enjoyable novels. If you liked the one or two Dickens novels you've read, try reading more, especially the lesser-known ones. I like some of these more than Great Expectations.
As much as I love Dickens' novels, I'm not a big fan of his short stories. I think the novel was the forum in which he worked best. That being said, some of his novels are (in my opinion) of lesser quality. Don't get me wrong, Dickens is always enjoyable, but I don't think that Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, or Hard Times come up to the level of the others aforementioned.
(Not included here is The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the novel he was working on when he died.)
