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That's good. Is it your aim to get all non-readers enjoying long novels, in particular, then?TerishD said:I like the long ones. When I finish a novel I want to feel that the characters have come to some resolution with their lives and the problems that they faced have been handled.
Er, it depends on the scale.TerishD said:When I finish a novel I want to feel that the characters have come to some resolution with their lives and the problems that they faced have been handled.
What scale?Stewart said:Er, it depends on the scale.
i found the scenes with the peasants too long. which i suppose is why i say it was too long.steffee said:I didn't think Anna Karenina was over-long. Les Miserables, maybe.
Violanthe said:My question now is whether you prefer a brief few hundred pages, written with elegant economy, or an epic tome that becomes something of a lifestyle?