Although it has been said that his plots were repetitive and they are viewed as cliched and overdone from today's standpoint, the fact remains that these very stories are what draw audiences time after time. ... His writing has influenced several writers through the ages, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, William Faulkner and Pearl S Buck, to name a few. ...

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