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For those unfamiliar with The New Yorker magazine, the subtitle and author may be more informative than the title: > I did everything I could to avoid writing
by bell-cot 1y ago
For those unfamiliar with The New Yorker magazine, the subtitle and author may be more informative than the title:
> I did everything I could to avoid writing my historical novel. When I finally started “The Fraud,” one principle was clear: no Dickens.
> By Zadie Smith
That (2023) historical novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fraud
(Edit: The article's title is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony )
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 1y agoamusingly, from the Wikipedia article you link: "Not only is [the novel] set in 19th century England with a sprawling cast of characters high and low, but Charles Dickens himself makes an appearance"