To be honest, I didn't look it up, I'm going off memory, too. Which might just as well be faulty!
Leroux crafts such depth to each character. I have love exploring their ranges (and testing them) every step of the way.
I would say, rather, that Leroux left a lot of room for us to craft depths to the characters; he left us many clues. For me, part of what makes POTO survive is that it is by no means a perfectly crafted work. There are openings for later works. Some works are so tightly finished that there is no "need" to redress them. But I think you and I fundamentally disagree about the "quality" of Leroux's book, even if we have much the same feelings and reactions to it.
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To be honest, I didn't look it up, I'm going off memory, too. Which might just as well be faulty!
Leroux crafts such depth to each character. I have love exploring their ranges (and testing them) every step of the way.
I would say, rather, that Leroux left a lot of room for us to craft depths to the characters; he left us many clues. For me, part of what makes POTO survive is that it is by no means a perfectly crafted work. There are openings for later works. Some works are so tightly finished that there is no "need" to redress them. But I think you and I fundamentally disagree about the "quality" of Leroux's book, even if we have much the same feelings and reactions to it.