Tag Archives: Dickens quotes
Weggery
I continue to marvel at the genius of Our Mutual Friend. The interwoven plot lines; the variety and the acute specificity of the characters; the suspense, tragedy, comedy, romance, and social analysis (Dickens taking full advantage of his bully pulpit). … Continue reading
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Glorious verbosity
One of the challenges of reading Dickens, of course, is his sheer verbosity: he almost never says in four words what he could say in fourteen. I’ve heard the explanation that he wrote by the word, and thus, more words … Continue reading
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