A Tale of Two Cities

I have read more than one Dickens' novel and liked those much more so than this. I have also read many other novels of the period and had better or similar luck. However, I found this so longwinded as to not be the slightest bit enjoyable. At points the dialogue was so long and drab that I genuinely forgot who was speaking it in the first place. I didn't particularly enjoy these characters and I felt that I had to fight to absorb every single word. This sounds overly harsh, but as I've said, I have liked other works of his much more...

The audio I chose was also not an A-grade caliber unfortunately and that did not help.