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Kalmar Shuffler
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This book is a collection of Dickens short stories and his novel, Dombey and Son. The layout is 8 short stories from 1833-1837, followed by Dombey and Son, and ending with another set of 8 short stories from 1850-1868. I read the first three short stories today, and they were okay. I'm finding that I like Dickens's novels much better than his short stories/novellas. 😅
— Nov 22, 2025 11:51PM
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Kalmar Shuffler
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The novel that takes up the majority of this book, Dombey and Son, has now been finished. 😌
Probably my least favorite Dickens novel I've read. 😅 Not that it was bad. There was some good parts, but most of it was uninteresting, and a couple of the side plots did nothing to advance the narrative and could've been cut. I'd give it a 3/5. 😅
Now onto the last eight short stories!
— Dec 29, 2025 02:06PM
Probably my least favorite Dickens novel I've read. 😅 Not that it was bad. There was some good parts, but most of it was uninteresting, and a couple of the side plots did nothing to advance the narrative and could've been cut. I'd give it a 3/5. 😅
Now onto the last eight short stories!
