Another one greatly impressed me was Three Men in A Boat by Jerome. How he squeezed out stomack-aching laughter out of real events, which every one of us face vexatious,at various times

Dickens' great expectations. Dreams of a small boy, like every one of using childhood, dreams shattered, how he faced manfully, the cherishing of Estella's girlish grace and charm, even at advanced age--Alltouched my boyish heart.