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The intro mentions three blockbuster sensation novels: Collins' 'The Woman in White', Wood's 'East Lynne', and Braddon's 'Lady Audley's Secret', all published within three years of each other. Are the disparities in rating counts on this site as disgusting as I imagine them to be?
*runs the numbers*
Collins' work has more than five times the number of ratings as the other two works combined. How pathetic.
— Apr 15, 2020 12:34PM
*runs the numbers*
Collins' work has more than five times the number of ratings as the other two works combined. How pathetic.
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The fact that 'what's up?' existed in its current form way back when is still jarring to me, but a character crying 'Whatever's up?' tickles me immensely.
— Apr 24, 2020 09:44AM
124,597 for the male author
That's a hundred thousand difference right there, for a work having no more literary qualities than Lady Audley's Secret (haven't read Wood, so I can't comment). And then someone has the nerve to defend the 99% male classic novels curriculum...