Like many major novels it needs a lot of editing, and that’s often for the reason you’ve pointed out - or similarly, serialisation. Don Quixote is a long novel

Like many major novels it needs a lot of editing, and that’s often for the reason you’ve pointed out - or similarly, serialisation. Don Quixote is a long novel that just keeps giving, by contrast. Still would encourage everyone to read TCOMC at least once.