How about "The Old Curiosity Shop? I thougght that one was really depressing and didn't like it. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dickens' novels Hmm, maybe the next Dickens book I read should be Pickwick Papers then. After that, maybe Copperfield. So far I've read Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist, and Martin Chuzzlewit, which is rambling and rather pointless although it has some funny satirical bits. Kellie