In essence, his readers wanted a Stave Six. My daughter used to ask me at the end of a book, "What comes next?" That's what Dickens' Londoners wanted. They wanted to know that everybody lived happily ever after. Of course, Dickens, being a good writer and an even smarter businessman, gave his consumers exactly what they wanted. A happy ending. And he made a lot of money doing it.
I think we all want to know what happens in the next stave of our lives. We all want to know, "What comes next?" We learn that as kids. I wanted to know what happened to Charlie after he inherited Willy Wonka's factory. I wanted to know what happened to all of Charlotte's little spider babies. I wanted to know what happened to Grover after he found the monster at the end of the book.
Tiny Tim doesn't end up as a Biology experiment |
Saint Marty wants a Charles Dickens happy ending.
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