Dickens Recommendation

[DiddlyQuaQua]

I've read David Copperfield and enjoyed it immensely, but no others.
Which Dickens novel would you recommend next on that basis?
I dis-count Great Expectations as I have seen the film and know the story, so it won't provide any surprises as I read it!
Many thanks :¬)

[jno]

Nicholas Nickleby is similar, about a young man's progress through life. Oliver Twist is about a younger boy.

[maggiebee]

You must read A Tale of Two Cities - just watched the old black and white version on TV with Dirk Bogarde - wonderful

[jno]

oh, and the Pickwick Papers, though it is not so much a novel as a series of short stories.

[Mosaic]

jeez i found David Copperfield quite creepy - all that child-bride stuff.

[paddywak]

Got to agree with maggie, A Tale of Two Cities, is my favourite Dickens and over the years I think I've read them all.

[jno]

brides are a bit of a problem with Dickens - he doesn't really do adults falling in love very well.

[ladyalex]

A Christmas Carol
No surprises there as I'm sure everyone knows the story, but I enjoy it.

[DTCwordfan]

Oliver Twist or The Pickwick Papers....

[Mrsspagnoli57]

I would really recommend 'Our Mutual Friend'. 'Hard Times' too is very readable.

[goodfriday]

Bleak House - it's the best and Great Expectations is also worth reading, even if you've just seen it on TV. Although that was excellent, there's quite a lot more to the book.

[Rodge2]

I read Hard Times as part of an OU course about the Victorians and really enjoyed it.

[Ric.ror]

I too would recommend Hard Times and any of the Christmas stories by Dickens including A Christmas Carol - I would also not dismiss Great Expectations as its a great read alongside having already seen the film
In fact anything by Dickens to be honest including the new biography by Claire Tomlin (I think)

[Canary42]

I would certainly recommend Hard Times, but I've just struggled through Our Mutual Friend (about the only one I hadn't read) and found it very difficult going.

Martin Chuzzlewit if you want Dickens' early impressions of USA (which he backtracked on later - for commercial reasons I suspect)

[Ian b]

I personally liked Hard Times, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge. I did not like David Copperfield and did not finish Dombey and Son as I though it overly sweet and sentimental. I would not read any (of Dickens') books that had children in, such as Oliver. I will probably not read any more of him.

[joggerjayne]

Oliver Twist, for the OMG! ending that wasn't in the film version !!

[jno]

oh, was that where Oliver got torn apart by wolves?


BELATED SPOILER ALERT

[joggerjayne]

Well, there is that bit, jno, but I was thinking of the bit where Fagin comes out of the closet.