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Mike Newman said:
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so far, my sense is that this novel could have told the same story in half the number of pages without losing very much, but that half a century ago lots of readers were willing to read slow-paced, long books because they had lots of time to fill witso far, my sense is that this novel could have told the same story in half the number of pages without losing very much, but that half a century ago lots of readers were willing to read slow-paced, long books because they had lots of time to fill with reading -- there were fewer amusements competing for their leisure time...just a thought...and I like this book a lot, and am trying to read it as someone living in the early 50s, when it was first published, which is part of the fun...more
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