Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm talking about writing. I was really astonished to see just how short BARRETT'S HILL was when it was digitized or whatever they do. Back then Gothic romances could be very short. In fact, I was also astonished to see how short some Mary Stewart romantic suspense books are. The old books are thin but the print is dense, and I assumed they were long books, simply because the immersion into the world is so complete. Turns out they run shorter than a lot of aud...