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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Dickens takes a half decent short story and pads it out by massively over describing everything.Its painful to read.
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Peej, Mon 28 Apr 2014, 11:26,
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I like the series of coincidences that all conspire to leave everything okay in the end.(, Mon 28 Apr 2014, 11:33, Reply)
It's odd, really. Plenty of Victorian authors are perfectly legible.Dickens seems to go out of his way to be florid. It's how I'd expect a Victorian Dozer to write.
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Kroney, Mon 28 Apr 2014, 11:41,
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it's because he was penny-lininghe got paid for padding it out.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 28 Apr 2014, 11:56,
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