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>people still think dickens is a good author
If you could see the ending of tale of two cities a mile ahead, just stop reading
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>>8114997
being able to foresee the ending doesn't make a book good or bad any more than knowing what happens makes a movie good or bad

also, put TOTC in context. it was published as a partwork for a general audience, some of whom lived through the french revolution first hand.

also, dickens is awesome so fuck you, basically
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>>8114997
>reading for plot
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Way to out yourself as a Category 5 pleb. What are you even doing here? Shoo.
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>>8115179
His prose is shite as well
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>>8114997
Dickens = shitty prose, cliche-ridden garbage narrative
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>>8115179
>reading for plot

If you're reading Dickens, you better be reading for plot; his prose is notoriously bad.
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