Should I bother finishing this? Is it even an important

>>8794943
It'll help with trivia night and it's a fun light read.

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>>8794943
read this to understand exactly why dickens falls flat

It's Dickens' tackiest and least substantial book, for sure. That doesn't mean you should just drop it. Finishing books, no matter how unengaging they are, is a very useful habit to develop.

>>8794943
If you don't enjoy it then there's no real need to finish it. The ending was okay. Debatable importance, because it will eternally be in the shadow of Les Mis.

>>8795008
What is his most substantial book? I don't really feel like going through his massive oeuvre, but he's an important enough author to the English language that I would feel uninformed if I never read anything from him.

>>8795161
Great Expectations is typically cited as his most important.

>Is it even an important piece of literature?

>>8794943
I'm so tired of these kind of threads. Go back to tmblr where asking people if you should read/finish a book is an important part of your decision to actually read/finish a book.