I enjoyed reading this Classic book by Dickens. It certainly was hard times in those days in that town and elsewhere. I enjoyed the characters of the book and I felt I knew them well by the end of the book. I have found that I benefited from looking on line for details of each character and copied the synopsis of each character on to my notes on my phone so I was able to regularly remind myself of who they were etc and that helped me fully to follow the story.