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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

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read in December 2017

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Sofiakws said: " 2.5 stars

This took me ages to read... and yet I was so diligent about it! I don't know how I got through it - occasionally, there'd be an engaging section, but mostly, I would find myself disinterestedly rereading paragraphs and repeatedly losing my ...more "

Dec 02, 2017 11:43AM · see review

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“there was no such thing as objective truth and if you think something’s good because it speaks to you it is”
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“... ageing is nothing to be ashamed of

especially when the entire human race is in it together”
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Although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older
Because it’s such a privilege to not die prematurely”
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