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I personally think that of all the writers of that era, Dickens has good plots, but he is by far the most boring. I like Trollope and Collins better, but clearly I don't understand anything about literature, that's well known.
Having finally filled in yet another one of the gaps due to my ignorance and found the origin of one of the most famous incipits in the world, I have to say that the best part of the book, in my opinion, are precisely the beginning and the final monologue of the condemned m ...more
Having finally filled in yet another one of the gaps due to my ignorance and found the origin of one of the most famous incipits in the world, I have to say that the best part of the book, in my opinion, are precisely the beginning and the final monologue of the condemned m ...more
Forced reading in highschool. Hated the long scene descriptions
Dickens sure knew how to hook his readers! Enjoyed listening to Paul Adams read this for Librivox.
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