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It has been , for months , the greater part of my life , robbing me of the companionship of those I love best . It will certainly be treated scurvily by some of its reviewers . And yet , as I told you , I thought today was Christmas Day ...
It has been , for months , the greater part of my life , robbing me of the companionship of those I love best . It will certainly be treated scurvily by some of its reviewers . And yet , as I told you , I thought today was Christmas Day ...
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In the end it fell into the hands of Frank Harris , who pretended that Thomas told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage . Harris , according to his own rather derisive biographers , could not possibly have had this ...
In the end it fell into the hands of Frank Harris , who pretended that Thomas told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage . Harris , according to his own rather derisive biographers , could not possibly have had this ...
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That was why , like somebody else , he “ never told his love ” ; but only hinted it in very roundabout papers indeed . Nevertheless , he wrote Vanity Fair , Esmond , Pendennis , and Barry Lyndon , together with grand scenes in other ...
That was why , like somebody else , he “ never told his love ” ; but only hinted it in very roundabout papers indeed . Nevertheless , he wrote Vanity Fair , Esmond , Pendennis , and Barry Lyndon , together with grand scenes in other ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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