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03-15-2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: I Didn\'t Like A Tale Of Two Cities
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You must really have hated the second paragraph, because the first paragraph is one of the glories of the English language. [/ QUOTE ] Really? You sound like a 8th grade english teacher? I'd be willing to concede that the first paragraph sounds like it was written by somebody who was trying to write "one of the glories of the english language." 
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03-15-2005, 04:17 PM
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Re: I Didn\'t Like A Tale Of Two Cities
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Dickens really is crappy. I believe many of his stories were published as serials, with cliffhangers and stuff so that people would buy the next installment. He is like a soap opera writer from 200 years ago. [/ QUOTE ] Dumas wrote the Count of Monte Cristo in that fashion, which is why it's like 9 million pages long. Dickens may very well have done the same thing, but I thought I'd throw this out there in case you had just been thinking of Dumas. ~D
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03-15-2005, 05:25 PM
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Re: I Didn\'t Like A Tale Of Two Cities
I'm positive that it was a serial. Just finished that book a few months ago and was a bit disappointed actually. That said, I loved both Tale of Two Cities and Count of Monte Christo.
I just started a new reading kick a few months ago and decided to read all of the "classics" that have either Cliff Notes or Sparks Notes published for them. An arbitrary definition sure, but I figured it was the easiest way to generate a reading list of books thought to be good. It is one hell of a long list but so far nothing has been awful.
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03-15-2005, 06:35 PM
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Re: I Didn\'t Like A Tale Of Two Cities
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Dickens really is crappy. I believe many of his stories were published as serials, with cliffhangers and stuff so that people would buy the next installment. He is like a soap opera writer from 200 years ago. [/ QUOTE ] This really sounds pretty accurate to me. But why is Dicken's so respected then?
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