The only 18th century fiction I enjoy is American, and for obvious reasons, there isn't a lot of that. If Pamela is anything like Charlotte Temple, I'm sure I'd love it. Charlotte Temple definitely has the whole unintentional-hilarity thing going for it. It's one of my favorites from that century. And from what I've heard, Humphrey Clinker is a novel I would love, while I reject eve the notion of Tristram Shandy. I simply don't have patience for the elaborate storytelling it embodies, which is one of the reasons why I can't stand any of Alejo Carpentier's work. And, unfortunately, I've had to read his attempt at magical realism 3 times.
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Date: 2010-07-31 03:23 am (UTC)