WHY VICTORIAN NOVELS ARE SO LONG (AND WHY WE LACK PATIENCE TO READ THEM)

You might think that Victorian novels are so long because of their serialization in weekly or monthly instalments, sold either as part of periodical publications or independently. However, this business practice, introduced by Charles Dickens’s publisher, Chapman, with the serialization of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (19 instalments between March 1836 and November […]

POR QUÉ LAS NOVELAS VICTORIANAS SON TAN LARGAS (Y POR QUÉ NOS FALTA PACIENCIA PARA LEERLAS)

Se podría pensar que las novelas victorianas son tan largas debido a su serialización en entregas semanales o mensuales, vendidas como parte de publicaciones periódicas o de forma independiente. Sin embargo, esta práctica comercial, introducida por el editor de Charles Dickens, Chapman, con la serialización de The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (19 entregas […]