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The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge t...more

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There is a great deal to be said in favour of reading a novel backwards. The last page is as a rule the most interesting, and when one begins with the...more

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What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry.