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by Stefan Zweig
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read in November 2014
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Read in November 2014. Among countless books I wish I'd had time and energy to review. The five star rating is my personal system for denoting books I want to return to as often as I can because they've left such a strong impression on me... spoken t
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Justices to profit from their functions, and more duties meant more profit even in a poor town, as Copynger’s wealth bore witness. To me his ostentation sat ill with his humourless, pious air. But that was the new type of man we were
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