Great Expectations?

In case you haven't guessed the point of this post's title, then I'll just say it: I've been reading Great Expectations again. For some reason I don't remember it to be near as rich, funny or dense as it's turned out to be. I read it once before in ninth grade, I think. I liked it okay then, but now I see a whole lot more depth in Pip and his character, as well as in his surrounding characters like Joe, Biddy, Magwitch, etc. I'm also finding a lot more humor in the novel, and a lot of its fairly dark humor, which I enjoy. I've been reading "Adventures of Huck Finn" by Twain and I admired how Twain captured the youth's voice in the first person in that novel, and I think Dickens nearly does as good as a job with that by using the third person in this novel, especially in the early scenes. Anyway, I've definitely enjoyed revisiting a lot of these old works. Though I'm enjoying the book again, I have to close with a quote from one of my favorite comedies: "What are you reading?" -"Great Expectations." -"Is it any good?" -"Ah, it's not all I hoped for."