The Rev'd's Character
Paul Mackin
mackin at allware.com
Thu Jul 3 08:25:00 CDT 1997
Steven Maas sez:
>I haven't entirely made up my mind about the Rev'd, after slightly less
>than 500 pages.
>>>>>This could be construed as a spoiler if you haven't yet had the
pleasure of the final pages of the book, so . . . I'll skip down a
dozen or so lines . . .
Later on, Mason (I think it is) sez that the Revd was THEIR
(his and Dixon's) Boswell and implies that all the detail he
records is a little on the superfluous side. (Gereral slam at
long-winded writers.} He does this in the presence of the REAL Boswell,
who doesn't seem to be chagrined at not having a Boswell of HIS
own. There is of course much more and less to the Revd than this, but . . .
P.
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