22 Feb 2015
I did not actually read this whole book between today and the completion of Shadows Linger! I've been working on this book since before Christmas and finally finished it. I've not read many Dickens' books, but this might be my favorite of the few I have. Nicholas Nickleby was entertaining, but not something I could wrap myself up in. This is similar in that some of the dialogue is too drawn out, but that was also the style of the time.
Dickens creates some dramatic characters that I did enjoy greatly. John Harmon shutting down Wegg was satisfying and Eugene Wrayburn is perhaps my favorite character created in the 1800's after Elizabeth Bennett. The way he runs Headstone rabid and doesn't give a shit about anything is fun to see in an otherwise straight-laced book.
I would recommend an abridged version of this to most avid readers.
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