Hey, Matt, I've gone through some intense emotional turmoil through August and into Sept.(even my own posting has been quite limited and mainly reposting from my site).....It's connected to long-term trauma in my life. I don't talk about the situation publicly to protect a few people that I love.
What I can tell you is that I'm still reading Dickie and am at the point where Darney asks Doc. Mannette for his daughter's hand in marriage.
In general, I don't find the characters to be as compelling, as say, Pip, and Mrs. Havesham; or Marley and Scrooge. I also find the plot more meandering than his other writings but I agree the prose is dense and intriguing​.
I find many parallels​, though, to today as far as the tensions between the elites and their decadence (4-chocolate servers), and the commoners.....
Perhaps this doesn't bode well for our​ own times although I do concede to being deeply cynical​.

You may have noticed that our governments no longer serve the people and now serve gov., banks, and corps., or, they now serve about 20% of the pop. who have won in their casino model of the ​economy. You'll know this to be corporate oligarchy running​ a trans-national plutocracy....( or, maybe you don't view our society in that way).
Hey, at any rate​, I hope you're settling into your new digs...Rumour has it John Michael Greer recently moved there, too.....
Peace:)