[Borges]

TPP is there for historical value more then anything else. The first quarter is a bit dry but it gets much better as it goes along.

[nopardons]

Yes, I understand that, but as I said, I am REALLY a Dickens' nut and I have always HATED this book of his.

"BLEAK HOUSE" is good, but so are "HARD TIMES", "OLIVER TWIST", "THE OLD CURIOSTY SHOP", "NICHOLAS NICKLEBY" and on and on and on. Just because TPP was his first, it doesn't belong on the list; JMO.