My favorite books to read are from a time before all of the technology that we have today. Writers from the past used much more descriptive language than the contemporary authors of today. I like Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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This is true. There is definitely a noticeable transition away from lengthy and detailed description starting in the early 20th century at least. That's definitely a testament to the time in which those authors lived though. There weren't a lot of other mediums through which a picture could be painted - except an actual painted picture of course. :-)