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This one felt different to other Dickens books that I've read. I think it was the first-person style, which meant that there was less of a confusion of characters than in some of the others I've read (now I'm finally reading Dickens at all!). I liked the first and last parts a lot, although the one in the middle, when he was in London trying to become a gentleman, dragged a bit for me - hence four stars, not five.
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I can hardly describe how much I loved this book. I know it is probably Dickens' finest novel, but I just couldn't put it down. It was such a great story, so well written and so enjoyable I was sad when it ended. I was a little disappointed with the final chapter, but I know it was added as a second thought and I would have perhaps preferred his original ending, but it didn't affect my enjoyment of this novel at all. It has definitely made it into one of my top 10 novels of all time, and I am on
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