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	How to Write a Novel 3.45 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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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	Polite Society 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1995 — 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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The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin

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The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Enriched edition. Exploring the Depths of Human Psyche and Society in Russian Classics

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“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”
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That was a few years back, in Senegal West Africa.

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