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Dickens has many brilliant flat characters. But he also has characters who can suddenly surprise us. I'm thinking of Lord and Lady Dedlock (because i just read Bleak House) who in their moment of crisis act in ways that surprise, but are believable. Maybe they are like a painting that hides another painting underneath it.

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Inspired observations and inspiration for both adding and removing forces that evolve form “like a painting that hides another painting underneath it” which David Roberts describes beautifully, a haunting visual quality that lives on in the reader’s imagination.

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