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Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
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2006
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The Rural Life
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2002
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The Last Fine Time
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Making Hay
by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Gordon Allen 350 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Gardenscapes
by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Lynn Geesaman 450 avg rating — 2 ratings
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2003
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Straight West: Portraits and Scenes from Ranch Life in the American West
by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Lindy Smith 450 avg rating — 2 ratings
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2000
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British Literary Manuscripts, Series II: From 1800 to 1914
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1981
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The Drake Manscript In The Pierpont Morgan Library
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Several Short Sentences About Writing
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2012
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The Return of the Soldier
by Rebecca West, Norman Price , Verlyn Klinkenborg 366 avg rating — 784 ratings
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1918
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“I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma Woodhouse doesn’t learn from her mistakes? What if Tom Jones descends into a sodden life of poaching and outlawry? What if Eve resists Satan, remembering God’s injunction and Adam’s loving advice? I imagine all the characters bustling to get back into their places as they feel me taking the book down from the shelf. “Hurry,” they say, “he’ll expect to find us exactly where he left us, never mind how much his life has changed in the meantime.”
― Verlyn Klinkenborg
― Verlyn Klinkenborg
“How these humans dispose themselves! Unlike anything else in creation. Or rather like everything else in creation all at once. Legs of one beast. Arms of another. Proportions all awry to a tortoise's eye. Torso too squat. Too little neck. Vastly too much leg. Hands like creatures unto themselves. Senses delicately balanced. And yet each sense dulled by mental acuity. Reason in place of a good nose. Logic instead of a tail. Faith instead of the certain knowledge of instinct. Superstition instead of a shell.”
― Verlyn Klinkenborg, Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
― Verlyn Klinkenborg, Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
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