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I am having a hard time figuring out what this story is really about. This is because by the end of the book, our titular Professor William definitely has some shillings he had not earned as result of rather randomly and luckily obtained connections. William does not try to maintain these connections whatsoever, they just appear by coincidence and keep themselves. As a story about building your way up after falling all the way down, this is either very dated, or just doesn't work.
I could mention various minute things I take issue with, but most of them are probably just a symptom of the time period. One major hit for my enjoyment of the book besides the aforementioned was just the simple fact that I really do not like William as a character.
I am having a hard time figuring out what this story is really about. This is because by the end of the book, our titular Professor William definitely has some shillings he had not earned as result of rather randomly and luckily obtained connections. William does not try to maintain these connections whatsoever, they just appear by coincidence and keep themselves. As a story about building your way up after falling all the way down, this is either very dated, or just doesn't work.
I could mention various minute things I take issue with, but most of them are probably just a symptom of the time period. One major hit for my enjoyment of the book besides the aforementioned was just the simple fact that I really do not like William as a character.