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I found something on the subject in Michael Swan's Practical English Usage (a reference book chiefly for ESL teachers and students, published by Oxford University Press):

Sorry, not all. Could you please embarrass me and spell it out? (Thank you :) ) Edit - okay, I've googled. Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. I must admit I feared worse.

My impression was that it started slowly, seemed a bit old fashioned and repetitive, and then took off. By the end I really liked it.

Strangely, in my reading I have completely ignored this: So he/she wasn't locked by someone, and certainly wasn't completely blind. Hm.

Hey, this is a very interesting experiment on reading texts. I read it as a female narration up to the point "she kissed my mouth". The possibility of lesbian relationship didn't occur to me, so I started to read the narrator as male, but now I think it could be two women as well. The use of...

I've read a couple of her books, but that was quite a long time ago. From my dim memories - they are quite similar in tone, so tossing a coin wouldn't do much harm. I recommend My Antonia - though (sorry!) I don't remember much more than it's a tale about immigrants (Czechs, Russians and...

I don't like ED. She's good, no two words about it, but I can take her in small doses only. It's not depressing, it's deranged. My favourite lines - " A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King".

Just curious - you don't like Kate at all or you're a disappointed fan? :D

I don't believe in learning words out of context, and I'd think it's of a limited use for a writer. It's a bit like throwing a lot of smart things into the baggage without knowing if you're heading to Africa or to the North Pole. Or to put it differently, if some words aren't a part of one's...