In the novel, the "omission" of pages of information describing thoroughly irrelevant things mocks the extensive use of description and tangents in stories, but ironically this information in itself is omitted for the film. For the film, the story is removed from its context as an abridged novel to become a satirical story in its own right, with the removal of the mocking voice of the composer. ... The main mention to costume in the books was the man in black, who ironically proved to be the opposite of what his dark clothes and mask suggested. ... Both movie and novel alike utilize the te...

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