In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness

The death-dealing Chancery!

The waste of Jarndyce and Jarndyce!

The magnanimity of John Jarndyce!

The plain loveliness of Esther Summerson!

The delusion of Richard Carson!

The dignity of George Rouncewell!

The lovable hater of Lady Dedlock!

The fidelity and forgiveness of Sir Leicester!

The Life Pouring out of Lawrence Boythorn!

The one-pointed onslaught of Mr. Tulkinghorn!

The insecurity of street kid Jo’!

The buffoonery of Guppy!

The wise  investigation of Bucket!

The indignation of  Mlle Hortense!

The decency of Allan Woodcourt!

The ridiculousness of Mrs. Jellyby!

–Title is from Jack Kerouac, Belief & Technique for Modern Prose/List of Essentials

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