i skipped a good middle chunk of Moby Dick... too much detail! and i cannot get passed the third chapter of A Tale of Two Cities... but i have read a lot of Dickens... and i love Les Miserables, that is my fave of all the classics... i have even read quite a bit of the Greeks, but for some reason i have an aversion to A Tale of Two Cities!
If you love Les Miserables (I did until I listened to the unabridged audio version) you will also love The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I love the detail he puts into both, especially the architectural.