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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
I haven't read James. Is it worth it?
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It's absolutely worth reading; much is brilliant but I also didn't think it was entirely successful. No spoiler here: I think Everett was forced by the
Huckleberry Finn to depart from it at an obvious point, but that's when the satire ceased. Maybe it was personal preference on my part, but I'd have liked his exposé of the last section of
HF.
Depending on how well you remember
Huckleberry Finn (in my case, not well), it's worth rereading first. OTOH, I think it's possible someone might like
James more without reference to the source.