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The answer to this and your other similar question is the same: Your Mileage May Vary. If you can get it to work, go for it. There's no rule about it one way or the other. In Susanna Clarke's Jon...
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2019-12-13T12:00:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T05:13:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
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The answer to this and your other similar question is the same: Your Mileage May Vary. If you can get it to work, go for it. There's no rule about it one way or the other. In Susanna Clarke's _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,_ the main villain is always referred to as "the gentleman with the thistledown hair." He's never given a name at all. The book has done very well, so it doesn't look like that was a dealbreaker.
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2016-04-24T14:42:08Z (over 8 years ago)
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