/lit/ - Literature

Thinking of finally getting around to reading this. I'm somewhat new to reading literature seriously and I've still got a mild case of zoomer brain, but I know Dickens's style is supposed to be really dense/exhausting for some. What should I expect, /lit/?

Somebody already picked my overall favorite, so I'm picking my "sentimental favorite".
>>15984091
Sensitive soul with an interest in history.
>>15984181
Redditor
>>15984217
Woman or homosexual. Possibly the fag on /x/ who keeps posting Onision.
>>15985221
Teenager or troll
>>15985217
A sincere person. Enjoys fantasy and sci-fi but is usually disappointed. Caught himself LARPing religions once or twice.
>>15985324
Likes religious imagery but not really religious. Likes cats.
>>15985375
Troll who enjoys being mistaken for a pedophile so he can correct people and redpill them on Epstein.
>>15985385
>>15985394
Learning they really don't care much for reading. Trying to infuse their love of film/tv into reading and it's *kind of* working.
>>15985297
Watched all of those Elliot Rodger documentaries before YouTube scrubbed them.
>>15985499
Weeb and a coomer. Loves the doujins where Chichi fucks Goten.
>>15985639
Smart but prideful.
>>15985744
Fucking loves PewDiePie. Or just a classic fascist weeb.
>>15985837
Literally me. Based. Smart.
>>15986124
Honest. Does things because they're fun. Probably enjoys action movies, but only older ones. Hates women (rightfully so).

What does /lit/ think of this book? I'm about 200 pages in and growing tired of it, I don't think i've enjoyed a novel since I read Moby-Dick last year, maybe i'm just a pleb.

Is Dickens overrated? I have a copy of A Tale of Two Cities but idk, I can't make up my mind if I want to read it or not

Is Dickens worth reading or is he just a high school meme?

I just read A Tale of Two Cities and I felt like Dickens didnt know enough about Paris and the French Revolution to write it.

Is Bleak House better?

I do love some English literature of that age, history books like those of Carlyle, Gibbon's Decline and Fall (although it is XVIII century), or Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru/Mexico. I also like Walt Whitman.

I am thinking of giving a try to Conrad, although I would prefer long novels, not short ones.