Von Bek

This was probably the most enjoyable Dickens for me. Even though it has the common salvational ending (I think we accept this now in early Dickens) I think the characters are very well drawn and the story is very interesting, being set in the Gordon riots of the 1780s. I'm not sure why it isn't more well known, as it is much better than some of his well known books, such as Little Dorrit and The Pickwick Papers. I would recommend this one.

My reading group read it and got a little confused in places, but it still works reasonably well as a stand alone novel. Having said that, it wasn't my cup of tea at all.