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Thread #96356   Message #1883482
Posted By: GUEST,memyself
11-Nov-06 - 07:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Novel preferences 1st or 3rd?
Subject: RE: BS: Novel preferences 1st or 3rd?
"Not really, because I have read them, and consequently know they are both written in the first person."

By golly, you got me there; that never occurred to me. I assumed that you, following the common practice, were content to create the illusion of having read them, while in fact only having watched the Masterpiece Theatre interpretations. I stand corrected. You must concede, however, that the question of whether David Copperfield has read Great Expectations remains open.