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alex said:
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"The Sisters"rating: 3/5
"An Encounter"
Two young boys meet a creepy old dude. Better than the last story.
rating: 3.5/5
"Araby"
rating: 3.25/5
"Eveline"
rating: 3.75/5
"After the Race"
rating: 2.5/5
"Two Gallants"
rating: 3.5/5
"The Boarding House"
rating: 3.5/5 ...more "
alex said:
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Kiss, Kiss
"The Landlady"
read this when i was younger and it was just as good as i remember. the juxtaposition of appearance and reality is really well-written; it's so good i want to write an essay about it
rating: 4/5
"William and Mary"
A d ...more "
This is the kind of touch they like: folk art, archaic, made by women, in their spare time, from things that have no further use. A return to traditional values. Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?
“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.”
― Agnes Grey
― Agnes Grey
“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined?”
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“A man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime.”
― Death of a Salesman
― Death of a Salesman
“In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be difficult to stay true to one’s philosophical and literary principles.”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
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Classics, Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian, History, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, witches, folklore, and gothic
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