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Having finished 'Beyond Lies Wub' by Philip K Dick as the short story part of the Ray Bradbury Reading Project I am moving on to this for the next 32 days - starting tomorrow. I have read four of the stories already when I was dipping in and out of different collection plus I've read 'Silver Blaze' several times in my Sherlock Holmes fanboyness.
— Oct 18, 2026 01:55AM
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This was Hannah More's 'Betty Brown, the St Giles’s Orange Girl: with Some Account of Mrs Sponge, the Money Lender'. What is it with the 18th century and long titles. This was a moral tale about how the poor are exploited and how they can save themselves by good behaviour, Church going, and cutting out drinking. It is patronising as hell. More was an evangelical. And it shows.
— Oct 19, 2026 09:41AM