[AnAmericanMother]

I'm sure it explains it to SOME extent, but not ALL - because Trollope and Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle all wrote for the serial magazines . . .

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.
-- Oscar Wilde

[left that other site]

Yes, I agree!

Ben Hur and Atlas Shrugged both contain long speeches by the characters that examine the authors’ philosophies.

Both Authors could have made the same points with fewer words.