bluefacedpixie

But a penny for my re-posting of thoughts comparing it to Victorian novels:

Of course the reason so many nineteenth century novels are so long and convoluted is because the novels were serialized and the writers paid by the word. They were rewarded for stretching out their stories for as long as possible. I guess that’s pretty much the same as a network having a hit show on their hands and stretching out the ad dollars for as many seasons as possible through whatever plot manipulations they can conjure up.

In defense of the Victorians though, I might point out that in Little Dorrit the United Kingdom doesn’t just disappear! Of course I’m not totally caught up, so maybe that happened last night.

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