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I know no one cares what i think but how did this not make /lit/'s top 100? It's fantastic.

>> No.12340096

>>12339961
Hardy isn’t very popular here

>> No.12340224

>>12339961
More importantly, why did Hardy fade from American pop culture while Dickens remained a meme author?

>> No.12340701

>>12340224
Oliver! - the musical

>> No.12341188

>>12340701
Don't forget a Muppets Christmas Carol
Hardy is great though, one of the few English novelists to really have a sense of the tragic

>> No.12341322

>>12339961
for me, this falls under "important at the time but a bit dry by today's standards"

like, wow, rape is bad. raping people is bad. taking revenge on people who raped you is, societally, Bad, but also technically Good.

better books on the topic have since been released.

>> No.12341326

>>12341188
muppets christmas carol slaps