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He was, by all modern standards, a rather terrible writer, though _Pelham_ is rather interesting if read as throwback eighteenth-century fiction or a precurso
by jmenn 7y ago
He was, by all modern standards, a rather terrible writer, though _Pelham_ is rather interesting if read as throwback
eighteenth-century fiction or a precursor to detective novels. If nothing else, 'his mouth full of truth and turbot' is a rather brilliant phrase.
- mcguire 7y agoHe's Gothic, and Gothic has been out of fashion for a long time. He was apparently very popular, though.