You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.

About This Quote

In this quote, Charles Dickens says that he would have to admit that the first chapter was too long. In fact, he admits that it was so long that he would have to agree with the fact that it was unbearable. This is a humorous way of saying that a part of a book is too long.

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