I don't think I'd want to commit myself to any list of 5 novels -- or 10 or 15. You leave out Charterhouse of Parma and Middlemarch. Our Mutual Friend. Dombey and Son. Parade's End.
I gotta stop.
Carrol
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I became addicted to Dickens a few years ago and read every single one of his novels, which are all brilliant -- except for Dombey and Son. I couldn't stand Dombey and Son for some reason.
Now, Little Dorrit, that is a great book.
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