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Scientific evaluation of Charles Dickens

Authors: M. V. Simkin
Journal: arXiv
mental health psychology open access

Abstract

I report the results of the test, where the takers had to tell the prose of Charles Dickens from that of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who is considered by many to be the worst writer in history of letters. The average score is about 50%, which is on the level of random guessing. This suggests that the quality of Dickens' prose is the same as of that of Bulwer-Lytton.