/lit/ - Literature

I'm progressing slowly through Victorian Rogues Megapack, and I gotta say I like Colonel Clay stories. I didn't really like the end of the series, but that's because I'm too used to the charming thief remaining free and maybe reformed, rather than ultimately beaten, but I appreciate how the author made it a comment on society and relativity of financial crime in dependence on social class. As one of the main characters noticed, Clay did get a bit of a satisfaction in the end, his two wives (yes, two) are certainly nicer and more loyal than the self-centered bitches the millionaire and his brother-in-law were married to. Money can't buy you everything.

On the other hand, Count's Chauffeur by William Le Queux functions well as one, maybe two short stories at maximum, it just gets too boring too fast. It's always just "I know nothing, stuff happens, I do as told, wow my car is so awesome, then my boss quickly recaps what happened behind scenes".