What the Dickens? Today's children can't handle author's works

An English biographer says children today have attention spans too short to read and appreciate the works of Charles Dickens. I suspect he's not the only author who would fall into that category.

It would be a massive undertaking to see how the pervasive presence of ADD is changing today's world - for its betterment, for its detriment - but it's hard not to see it as a significant step backward for mankind.