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Old 01-13-2013, 09:06 AM   #15193
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If you're not familiar with early 19th century British society, you may find it easier to get a version with footnotes, such as the "Penguin Classics" editions, or else you may struggle slightly. One very useful thing to know, for example, is that when someone is called "Miss X", where "X" is the surname, this always refers to the eldest daughter of the family. Younger daughters will always be referred to by their Christian names. If you don't know this, you may get confused about who's being referred to.
Oh. Thank you!

I haven't read much, just the standard Dickens tales, really, and that was eons ago (except for A Christmas Carol which I read for the book club the year before last). I actually have a quite a bit on my TBR, which doesn't help much.
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