> It's about human nature in general. It is indeed; but it's not exclusively about that! > But fiction is not about "real history, geography and so forth", no

> It's about human nature in general. It is indeed; but it's not exclusively about that! > But fiction is not about "real history, geography and so forth", nor about "natural history" nor about "the military and military hardware etc". Actually, it is full of things like this - human nature is the story set within such context. Dickens is worth reading for the morality; but also lots of information on Victorian life. It might not be something you notice picking up (and not why the book was written) but I'm betting readers of Dickens will be able to recall all sorts of facts about those times. Fiction is often full of facts :)