A wonderful pre-TV novel.

Of course, C&P was a serial which later appeared as a novel, so it's not really a fair comparison.

I don't think that TV had much to do with my lack of appreciation for The Hobbit. I enjoyed War and Peace during my HS years. One can't accuse Tolstoy of being too brief! (Trivia - According to my college Russian Lit. professor, he rewrote it something like 6 times. Voracious writer...)

But it's very likely that his writing style and my mood at the time had a lot to do with it.

Cheers,
Scott.