• UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world
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    "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”.

    Becomes… “Things were confusing”

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      Old enough to remember when you’d just get the Cliff’s Notes or read the Great Illustrated Classics version.

      But now you can have a computer give you an even shallower and less coherent version of the book.

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      5 months ago

      “The highs were high and the lows were low. Specifically for the two cities and the people in them that this novel is about.”