tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post5407178529311981663..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Kind of Dark and Gloomy Joy'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-30295856645707438692013-12-22T00:19:07.102-06:002013-12-22T00:19:07.102-06:00If you're going to go round calling people not...If you're going to go round calling people not particularly attractive figures, you have to be fairly sure that you are a particularly attractive figure yourself. I suspect Powell never questioned that presumption, which may be why I prefer Dickens.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-48476946252736785802013-12-21T07:06:18.963-06:002013-12-21T07:06:18.963-06:00I believe that it was the Merck Manual in which I ...I believe that it was the Merck Manual in which I read of "Dickensian syndrome", otherwise "fat boy syndrome", in which the strain that morbid obesity puts on the system causes one to sleep a great deal: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_hypoventilation_syndrome. I guess that could argue for Dickens's realism.<br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com