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Sunday, January 15th, 2023 09:48 pmAh well. Finally finished Bleak House after how many years? If that's Chuck's masterpiece... Well, it might be. But if so, Dickens leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. Someone on Goodreads said that most Dickens characters, no matter their age, are children:
"As a rule, only those who represent institutions are convincing as adults and the adult world is a hostile world of institutions and clockwork industry. Dickens characters don't really grow up in the course of his novels; rather, they find other children to play with."
By me, his characters are grotesques, the good as well as the bad. Dorothy Parker adored him. But then, Parker was a wit: and wit takes little account of depth.
"As a rule, only those who represent institutions are convincing as adults and the adult world is a hostile world of institutions and clockwork industry. Dickens characters don't really grow up in the course of his novels; rather, they find other children to play with."
By me, his characters are grotesques, the good as well as the bad. Dorothy Parker adored him. But then, Parker was a wit: and wit takes little account of depth.
