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When I finished this book, I got my reward that I can usually look forward to from the classics and always from Dickens. The villain was vanquished and the good people were rewarded and expected to live happily ever after. I love modern, more realistic novels but sometimes it's nice to relax and know that there will be a happy ending.
There were also the bits of humor and the hilarious names that I've always loved in his writing. But, other than those points, I thought this book was pretty much a ...more
There were also the bits of humor and the hilarious names that I've always loved in his writing. But, other than those points, I thought this book was pretty much a ...more
Maybe the best cast of characters Dickens ever created, which is saying a lot for the author who created some of the most well-known characters in literature. Nicholas himself is kind of boring (his one fault being a proclivity towards violence, but only towards those who deserve it so is that even a fault?), but the motley collection of people who come in and out of his life are pure gems.
This was published in installments, and sometime it felt like Dickens was trying to mash in other works to ...more
This was published in installments, and sometime it felt like Dickens was trying to mash in other works to ...more
Not my favorite Dickens. Travels a long way, over much ground and many digressions, to arrive at a moderately satisfying conclusion.
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