Re: questions
Charles Dickens (cdickens@rmplc.co.uk)
Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:24:19 -0100
My dear Sir or Madam,
Your message to me was abruptly curtailed, but I answer the question that
survives.
I imagine you speak of Flora Finching in "Little Dorrit." She is not, to
be sure, without some touches of Mrs Winter, Miss Beadnell as she was when I
first knew her, and cared for her more than was wise. But Flora Finching is
not Mrs Winter, Mrs Winter not Flora Finching. The one is a creature of
fiction, the other of flesh and blood. Lest you still feel there is some
lack of gallantry to be detected, let me ask you to remember the good heart
Flora reveals at the end of the book.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>To a most distinguished Mr. Dickens,
> Your delightfully charming novels have greatly inspired our small and
>ingsignificant class here at Keith School. Your fantastic novels have
>opened our minds to endless possibilities and superb ideas. We have
>ingeniously come to the conclusion that your creative mind and increasing
>genious will aide you in answering our pitiful, yet inquisitive
>questions.My first question to you, Mr. Dickens, is this: In your excellent
>book, Little Droit, you repeatedly insult and abuse your previous
>girlfriend. Could you explain your reasons for doing so? Also, in our
>favorite novel of yours, Great Expectations, you talk about British pounds
>and how they
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