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A review by sara0419
A Dream of John Ball by William Morris
2.0
I need a refund for my time.
William Morris is an amazing artist, but his writing style dragged. A short book took me 2 hours and half to read because of the strange dialogue. If you begin your story by stating that you're not going to replicate the language because it seemed too strange, then it follows that you should use contemporary Victorian language.
The story was too overtly didactic - large swathes of dialogue dedicated solely to criticism of social climate was too much. I adored the idea of meeting someone in a dream and Morris could have done so much with it, but he instead opted to stuff his narrative with dialogue that was somehow Early Modern English and Victorian English simulataneously.
William Morris is an amazing artist, but his writing style dragged. A short book took me 2 hours and half to read because of the strange dialogue. If you begin your story by stating that you're not going to replicate the language because it seemed too strange, then it follows that you should use contemporary Victorian language.
The story was too overtly didactic - large swathes of dialogue dedicated solely to criticism of social climate was too much. I adored the idea of meeting someone in a dream and Morris could have done so much with it, but he instead opted to stuff his narrative with dialogue that was somehow Early Modern English and Victorian English simulataneously.