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Review: From an historical perspective this book might have some merit, but judging by contemporary standards it is not to be recommended: The characters are simple, either unconditionably good or bad, and the title character is just dull. The latter is depicted as a hero, but really does nothing heroic, ie: beats up two considerably older men and gets away scot free; gets bailed out of a hopeless situation by the lynch pin inexpicably suddenly dying; and his love for a woman is based entirely on her looks. His poverty and misery occupies maybe only a quarter of the book as he again gets luckily saved by these two do-gooder brothers. Finally, this book is satirical and I hate satire.This is 950 pages of tedium.
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