You are probably right. It would be interesting to compare to one of his better novels in the original feuilleton. Still, I fail to see how he can do anything about the nauseating Hector. The whole Burma story could be cut without the novel being any the poorer for it, for example.
That a lot of the repetition in phrases and descriptions of Hector and his abilities would have been cut or adjusted in the move from serial to long publication. I would also imagine that some adjustments to characterization would have been made.
The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas
04/11/2009 11:44:32 AM
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I think I probably liked it more than you
04/11/2009 02:53:35 PM
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Re: I think I probably liked it more than you
04/11/2009 02:55:41 PM
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I can almost promise
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