Show mark twain on an george eliot mark twain was very outspoken in his comments on books lie ile did not like george allots novels and in a letter to W D how II e II 11 written back in 1805 and published in harpers monthly lie he says 1 I bored through middle march luring during the week with its labored find tedious analyses of feelings and motives its paltry and tiresome people its unexciting and uninteresting story and its frequent blind ing flashes of single sentence poetry philosophy wit and what not lind and nearly died from overwork I 1 read another of those books book for a farm I 1 did try to read one other daniel deronda I 1 dragged through three chapters losing flesh all the time and then was honest enough to quit and confess confers myself that I 1 any romance literature appetite at a far as I 1 can ale except for your books |