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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the Goldfinch was very unique and, in a way, you would get closest to that experience by reading Dickens. [/quote] ITA I am about 1/2 way through. Everytime I pick it up, about 10 minutes in I think that it reminds me of Dickens. Maybe its the orphan thing or the youngster mixing with both high society and grifters, but it really does feel like a Dickens novel set in modern times. Read David Copperfield or Great Expectations or Oliver Twist. I can think of no other author that currently matches the depth and breadth of this novel.[/quote] Dickens for sure. Possibly A.S. Byatt's The Children's Book, as a PP mentioned, but I don't think it rise to the heights of The Goldfinch. Really I have trouble thinking of someone contemporary who rivals Donna Tartt's accomplishments in this novel. I hated to see it end. [/quote]
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