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		folli on Dec 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? Counterpoint: I prefer the abridged version. Dumas was originally paid by number of pages and it shows IMO.

emodendroket on Dec 29, 2019 | [–]

He was paid by the number of lines -- which actually does show by, for instance, the number of dialogues with Noirtier, a mute who mostly responds "yes" or "no."

techer on Dec 29, 2019 | [–]

Which one would you recommend?

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