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Copy's falling apart as I read it, but that's what you get with a borderline mass market paperback that came out three years before the author passed.
— Jul 03, 2026 10:58AM
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"Her face had the same wide-eyed expression that children put on when someone reading a fairy tale to them is tactless enough to insert some general remarks on morals and duty—a mixture of embarrassment and impatience, piety and boredom."
(Yes, I switched to the library copy, but there's only so many times one is able to face with equanimity one's copy splitting in half during the course of reading.)
— 16 hours, 31 min ago
(Yes, I switched to the library copy, but there's only so many times one is able to face with equanimity one's copy splitting in half during the course of reading.)
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Now who could've seen this coming (even checking out the local library edition in addition to my home copy for some good ol' translation hedonism).
— Jul 01, 2026 05:43PM
