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Title: Old Literature
Review: It's a shame that this classic novel is practically unread by the average citizen. This book pulls in 56 scant reviews while some e-kindle garbage for 99 cents pulls in over two hundred. People tend to think that Dickens, while a difficult read, cannot provide the same gratification as simplistic literature does with any James Patterson novel. Mind you, this is a long, drawn out story, with complex characters/caricatures and some buried words, but the tale itself is worth the devotion. I tried reading this as a young man, but was overwhelmed after the first hundred pages. I re-visited Our Mutual Friend in my early twenties and appreciated Dickens ever more. I won't comment on the story itself, other than expressing my gratification to the old literary world, and the few who still try to uphold it.
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