When I went to graduate school, one of my goals was to study under one of the leading Charles Dickens scholars in the U.S., George H. Ford. I had read a little of Dickens, and I wanted to read and learn more.
Alas, Ford went of sabbatical the year I entered grad school, and due to life and choices I made, I left after earning a Masters and before he returned.
I did read a little more Dickens, abut not nearly as many books as I should have.
I hope to remedy that as I read - adding Dickens to my goals concerning Shakespeare, mysteries, and Tony Hillerman, who, of course, fits in with my mystery goal.
Dickens wrote the following novels:
The Pickwick Papers
Oliver Twist
The Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
The Old Curiosity Shop
Martin Chuzzlewit
Bleak House
Hard Times
Great Expectations
Our Mutual Friend
Bleak House
Hard Times
Great Expectations
Our Mutual Friend
I've already read David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations and the novella A Christmas Carol. David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Great Expectations are generally ranked as his best novels, so I'm in good shape there.
Oliver Twist, Hard Times, The Old Curiosity Shop, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, and The Pickwick Papers often rank high.
I own David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations - all of which, as a I noted, I've already read - and The Pickwick Papers, Hard Times, Dombey and Son, Our Mutual Friend, Nicholas Nickleby, and The Old Curiosity Shop, none of which I have read. Time to read them - and some of the others.
Not setting a definite number goal for this year, but I'll try to read at least one of the previously unread ones.
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