800 pgs
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I really do hope for your sake that it is compelling enough for people to want to stick with. I am no stranger to the 1000 pg read, but when you have already admitted that of all his works, the Pickwick Papers is the least read today, I worry for you from a marketing and promotion stand point. It's a tough business to be a writer in these days, especially of a novel.
good luck again to you