Dickens is wordy and so is Hugo with the exception of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hugo goes off on tangents that are long enough to be a book in their own right.

I've tried to read Don Quixote several times and love the idea of the story, but can not get into it no matter how hard I try. On the other hand I really enjoyed Moby Dick even if I did have serious 12 boy giggle fest over the scene where they were squeezing out the sperm oil and calling it sperm.