Assertion: carol | /r/HasProperty | heavy-handed
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the modern reader
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A Christmas Carol, to the modern reader, can often seem heavy-handed and somewhat lacking in subtlety in the message it seeks to convey, so it is useful to set it in its context and understand what exactly Dickens sought to achieve with this story.