Great Expectations at 9? Wow! This is just... crazy! I was reading adult classics at 10, but that was my own choice, and it was fun adventurous stuff like Dumas, which is easy for a child to get excited by. Dickens is... well, not the choice. It always amazes me that nineteenth century adult books somehow end up as books considered suitable for children.

Oh! I've just remembered one book I did that school that I hated: Sons and Lovers.