[jeffjobs4000]

I find this passage to be far more readable than the Scarlet Letter one posted above. Sure, it's long, but it's developing the character.

Before screens, people must have gotten far more enjoyment from authors painting mental pictures in tiny detail.

We have HD video as an option now. A long description of a rose bush doesn't do it for me unless it's needed for the actual narrative.

[SyzygistSix]

What is different about literature is that things are being described through the viewpoints of particular people.