I'm sorry, maybe I'm just an uncultured brute, who doesn't appreciate the subtleties and artistry of the 19th century English authors like Charles Dickens and his contemporaries....
But really, after reading a few pages of Great Expectations or a Tale of Two Cities, I have to say: those books are really, really boring. I'm not sure how they got to be venerated as classics of English Literature, but I have to say that 19th century English Literature has no way of competing with 19th century French Literature, or 20th century English Literature.
I'll read Catch-22 or For Whom the Bell Tolls instead anyday.......
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