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Without The Good Book, Life's Road is Hell
Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new.
Yes, that is the opening sentence/paragraph to Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens and it is ONE sentence. I’m loving this book already!
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Is this the sequel to Mumford and Sons? Did he write it after The Mystery of Edwin ‘Judge’ Dredd?
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I’m pretty sure Mumford and Sons was a rip off of this. I mean, who else would think of the whole Father/Son dynamic as an aspect of humanity to be explored?
Definitely before Judge Drood though. He “died” while writing that. I suspect he faked his death and moved to alaska to hunt polar bear until they ate him.
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Sounds about right. When will you be reading the next sentence of this book?
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My quantum computer tells me I am already done! Weird huh?
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Good job! Have a lie down. Next week I’ll be reviewing the first three words of Bleak House…
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Oh, I can’t wait to see what depths you can plumb from them!
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You guys are seriously hilarious…I keep saying that, but eh it’s true😂
Can’t wrong with Dickens, his words and books are just simply put: topnotch😀
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😀 Nothing says fun like baby muffins and friends 🙂
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Well said, and so true! 😀
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It is a very evocative opening sentence. I think my constitution is analogous to that of a chilli flavoured sausage.
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Nope!
(just had to do that at least once to you)
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You’ll have to retract your nope and reserve it for another occasion as I definitely am a chilli sausage person.
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I never let facts or other people’s opinions get in the way of my own 😉
This is where I planted my one official “Nope” and on this hill it’ll be do or die, come hell or high water!
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🤣
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I think I shall have to incorporate “his constitution [is] analogous to that of a muffin” as a new insult.
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It was such a great opener. Made me chuckle 😀
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I think he got this cover made first, then took some scribbles off of it to form that sentence. It’s called extrapolation, people. 😎
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All great artists do it!
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Of course, that’s one sentence. It’s Dickens. It’s actually a very short sentence for Dickens …… I’m glad you’re enjoying it. I really liked it as well.
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He did have some doozy’s of sentences though! He made Saint Paul look like an amateur 😉
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One of the many things I like about Dickens is the problem he causes for strict grammarians.
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You are so right 😀 He goes on and on and on! He made full use of all the rules possible 🙂
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Sounds like an upcoming 5-star review already! 🙂
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What?!? ME give Dickens a 5star? Surely you jest good sir…
😉
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