r/books • u/PM_BRAIN_WORMS • 2d ago

Death by Locomotive in 19th-Century Fiction (Spoilers) Spoiler

https://profadamroberts.substack.com/p/death-by-locomotive-in-19th-century
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u/BabyHushra 2d ago

Literary humor
“In the 19th century, the plot twist was that the train was, in fact, faster than character development.

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u/Slipstream57 1d ago

I’m not verifying my age to discuss Anna Karenina and Carker in Dombey and Son With anybody short of Dickens himself.