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Well, really, ... Written by gianni (10/10/2011 1:10 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Dick, penned by Bridget D

... she could either do a long flashback and narrate his bad behavior and worthless existence, which would have inserted a long, mostly irrelevant, and boring set of fluff, or she could have simply stated forthrightly her case, which gave us the needed information about the Musgroves and Wentworth (which, after all, was the reason in the novel for Dick in the first place).

Consider the detailed narrations of evil and stupidity in Dickens,for instance, or the dragging sermonizing of Thomas Hardy, or...

Austen showed us the mud without dragging us through it. I think it was very well done.

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Puzzled by Poor Richard. Rachel G (10/7/2011 6:38 p.m.)

Thanks everyone Rachel G (10/10/2011 2:51 p.m.)
This passage surprises me a bit by its harshness. Laura Marie (10/9/2011 6:09 a.m.)
- Dick Bridget D (10/9/2011 3:58 p.m.)
  - Well, really, ... gianni (10/10/2011 1:10 a.m.)
    - Dick, Wentworth, and the Musgroves gianni (10/10/2011 11:02 a.m.)
      - Speaking (too) well of the dead   Cheryl (10/10/2011 11:32 a.m.)
        
        Too harsh   Bridget D (10/11/2011 3:25 a.m.)
        
        Truth about Poor Richard   Robbin (10/11/2011 6:08 p.m.)
        
        even in the midst of the serious anxiety   Stephanie (10/10/2011 6:01 p.m.)
        
        Good points, Stephanie!   Ramya (10/11/2011 12:16 p.m.)
        
        his description [] so feelingly attended to   Stephanie (10/11/2011 9:58 p.m.)
        
        Maybe it was Capt. Harville who insisted   Graciela (10/12/2011 1:09 a.m.)
        
        was now mourning her loss   Stephanie (10/12/2011 12:53 p.m.)
        
        However   Ramya (10/12/2011 7:28 a.m.)
        
        He is staying with Capn Harville   Frances G (10/13/2011 11:55 p.m.)
        
        Although   CarolTS (10/14/2011 2:39 a.m.)
        
        I agree as well   Virginia (10/10/2011 2:57 p.m.)
    - A couple of incidents... Reeba (10/10/2011 8:35 a.m.)
    - Mrs Musgrove Bridget D (10/10/2011 7:22 a.m.)
He was troublesome, unmanageable, and unfeeling Maria E. (10/8/2011 12:04 p.m.)
Poor Richard Bridget D (10/7/2011 6:49 p.m.)

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