| MissJane | Date: Monday, 16.04.2012, 17:50 | Message # 1 |
 Union organizer
Group: Friends
Messages: 193
Status: Offline
| Samuel Richardson’s novels are peculiar for their circuitous (=round-about) language and ponderous (= dull) descriptions. Though they may be considered masterpieces, for me his opuses are far from being paragons of brevity (=briefness). The copious (=abundant) details inserted in the plot augment (=add to) the protracted (=lengthy) nature of the narration. I am not very keen on terse (=succinct) manner of writing but Richardson’s pieces of writing should be abridged (=shortened, condensed) in order to become comprehensible at all. Chronic (=constant) repetitions of the same thoughts produce an impression of the author’s perfunctory (=careless) study of the characters. Therefore these circumlocutory (=verbose) writings had only a provisional (=temporary) success. Those readers who appreciate conciseness (=brevity) in literature will be greatly dissatisfied with Richardson’s profuse (=extravagant) creations thousands of pages long. They will inevitably curtail (=shorten) the pleasure of reading Pamela or Clarissa or their praise will be too laconic (consisting of a few words).
|
| |
| |
