I'm taking a course on 19th century mystery and one of the books we started reading is Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. It is....... huge. And from what I remember from Great Expectations, I am not looking forward to this. There is something about Dickens that really bores me. It just feels so inaccessible. I am aware of his themes of nouveau riche vs. old money, breaking through class structures, la la la.... but the only thing I can think about when reading his works is "Why and how the hell are these people in the same room together?" It never seems like any of them like each other. I feel like Dickens just throws them together and makes up some kind of opportunity in between and VOILA! Oh, I don't know. I need help getting excited about Our Mutual Friend. Anyone read this before? Any words of encouragement?
Nevertheless, I'm sure its not as dreadful as I am making it out to be.
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