Favorite Book Number Six

Book number six is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.  I'm quite proud of the fact that I've read most of Dickens and also most of the other classics.  They take a bit of getting into these days, as our lives are a lot faster paced than back when people were only too happy to spend hours reading to pass the time.
Nonetheless of all Dickens' books this is the one with the most drama in it, I think.

Pip's first meeting with the convict, Magwich is still a scene that haunts me.  Yet his eventual manifestation as Pip's benefactor is still surprising, and sad in many ways.

People who have not read these books often fall into the trap of thinking that time back then is irrelevant to our period in history, but that is not the case.  People's emotions and thoughts have not changed that much and we can still learn from the past and enjoy these great works of litereature.