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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Under the Sea-Wind

by Rachel Carson

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May 05, 2025 09:04AM

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The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) (Vintage Feminism Short Editions)

by Naomi Wolf (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 03, 2024 01:16PM

“A pleasantly situated hotel close to the sea, and chalets by the water's edge where one breakfasted. Clientele well-to-do, and although I count myself no snob I cannot abide paper bags and orange peel. ("Not After Midnight")”
― Daphne du Maurier, Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories

tags: snob, snobbery

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“All of them had a restlessness in common.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

tags: comradery, restless, restlessness

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“The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old?”
― Stewart O'Nan, Songs for the Missing

tags: midwest, restlessness

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“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”
― Herman Melville

tags: criticism, poverty

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