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at the same time I’m quite enjoying the ‘Personification’ of scenery. Not sure if that’s the most accurate way to describe it but for instance the prescription of the Tellson’s in was humerus. It’s strange through because I’m not sure I’m meant to be finding any of this funny. It’s quite a serious subject matter. At the same time I’m enjoying that strange mix of seriousness in a ‘subjectively/ seemingly’ unserious wy

As my first Charles Dickens book I’m surprised at how funny I’m finding it. Particularly the way the characters are written. They feel exaggerated almost like caricature; the woman who knits and sees nothing, yet somehow is able to accurately interact with the world around her; the business man, who can only bear to discus matters of business, who whom even the prospect of an emotional discussion scares him into math