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Marietta Rodgers

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The Torture Garden, by Octave Mirbeau, is a rare book, that produces a physical, as well as an emotional effect on the reader.

The narrator, is a nefarious bureaucrat, who is recounting the story of his descent into a depraved quagmire, to a bunch of French intellectuals, who are talking about death. His love, Clara, takes him to visit a garden in China, where they torture prisoners, which is aptl Read more of this blog post »

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	The Gnostic Keepers 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Satire is a good tool for highlighting flaws or short-comings, but it is also a way to goad individuals, groups and governments into improvement, by juxtaposing reality with absurdity and not having a giant chasm in between.”
― Marietta Rodgers

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“...to avoid huge medical costs, I strongly urge you not to get sick.”
― Marietta Rodgers, The Bill

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“The misnomer is that satirists are pessimists, or even misanthropes, but usually it is just a way to unlock human potential.”
― Marietta Rodgers, The Bill

tags: satire, writing, writing-life

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