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  <title><![CDATA[Two Serious Ladies (Peter Owen Modern Classic)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jane Bowles]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Paul]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 27 09:52:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 12 02:02:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ahhh, this is getting serious: another book about people who I didn't necessarily like, but that greatly reminded me of myself. What does this say about me? I must simply be a mess. Of course, unlike the characters, I hardly ever shack up with underage prostitutes (I mean, it's been WEEKS since the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16516045">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="67011622">
    <user id="1325473">
    <name><![CDATA[Jimmy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Decatur, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 11 18:16:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 18:13:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jane Bowles is a crazy woman, and I love crazy women.  She has written a great book here, which oddly has all the lightness of Kafka when he is light, but a different kind of darkness.  This book is about freedom, and desire, but not exactly of the sexual kind.  More like a passion for life, or alte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67011622">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67011622]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57745685">
    <user id="2058985">
    <name><![CDATA[Carrington]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[South Africa]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <date_added>Fri May 29 09:41:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 22:54:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[more prowess than paul by miles. i could recycle the following ad infinitum: &quot;you have no imagination, she said, &quot;none whatever! you are missing everything. where do I pay my bill?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57745685]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="72800955">
    <user id="82944">
    <name><![CDATA[Bob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 28 13:43:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 28 13:57:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jane Bowles' sole novel (that I know of) follows two eccentric women as they seek a place for themselves in the world, rejecting conventional expectations(but never having to worry about money in any significant way). The rather stilted and artificial dialog may be intended to underscore the view th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72800955">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="44954290">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 09:52:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 09:52:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[edith wharton on a bender.  this book is insane.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44954290]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9506631">
    <user id="623295">
    <name><![CDATA[Nora]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 25 01:11:09 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 25 01:11:09 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[okay, i've been trying to only write reviews of books i am reading/ have read from 'here on out', but while cold and arthritic over the space heater at work, looking at too many wilty, bruised post- thanksgiving flowers, i remembered this book, and i felt warmer inside, as though i had sipped hot sa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9506631">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9506631]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44837592">
    <user id="1755710">
    <name><![CDATA[Caty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Northampton, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 30 05:29:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 24 19:46:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first time in a long while that I just don't know what to make of a book. I agree with what this reviewer says: &quot; Bowles reveals as little about the psychology of her characters as she can, with the result that when a character takes this or that action, that action often seems some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44837592">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44837592]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11658829">
    <user id="75551">
    <name><![CDATA[corinne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 04 14:56:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 04 15:04:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice and creepy. Two loosely linked ladies go on bizarre journeys where they both force them selves to make certain &quot;choices&quot; that go against the codes they have been ingrained with. Both struggle with the obsessive need to remain in control while also trying to break away. It's better tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11658829">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11658829]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18015394">
    <user id="929972">
    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 18 09:58:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 12 07:02:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The events represented in this novel are not unrealistic in themselves--however, there is a surrealistic quality throughout the narrative.  This, I think, is largely because Bowles reveals as little about the psychology of her characters as she can, with the result that when a character takes this o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18015394">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18015394]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="31409074">
    <user id="1441618">
    <name><![CDATA[Lakiesha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1441618-lakiesha]]></url>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 28 04:34:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 06 15:05:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have no words to describe this experience. It was one of the most inspiring, unusual and amazing reads I've ever had. I'll miss these characters. Absolutely adored it!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31409074]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14739112">
    <user id="181384">
    <name><![CDATA[S]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181384-s]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Lynsey]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 06 11:31:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 08 10:53:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It made me feel lonely and unsettled, so I didn't particularly 'enjoy' it. But nonetheless, it seemed to dawn on me in the last 50 pages.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14739112]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14251665">
    <user id="780695">
    <name><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/780695-gabriel]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 01 05:26:21 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 05 15:53:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Characters without causal ties to the world. Free agents in the best sense. Unbelievably American.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14251665]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17964496">
    <user id="38118">
    <name><![CDATA[keight]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/38118-keight]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 17 15:17:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 13:19:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.uncapitalized.net/booklog/2008/04/two_serious_ladies/">link</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17964496]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8997206">
    <user id="382010">
    <name><![CDATA[Janie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wilmington, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/382010-janie]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[readers who like crazy people]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 12 07:03:48 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 12 07:04:35 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could read this over and over!  These people are nuts and I love them.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8997206]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="35716845">
    <user id="1636151">
    <name><![CDATA[Jake]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ridgewood, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 19 17:06:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 04 19:12:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe this should have been called &quot;Too Serious Ladies.&quot;  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35716845]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2557570">
    <user id="148332">
    <name><![CDATA[Whiskeyb]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 30 03:57:27 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 06 17:49:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightfully, almost tearfully BATTY.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2557570]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11202202">
    <user id="545392">
    <name><![CDATA[W.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Harrisburg, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 28 22:51:45 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 28 22:52:29 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Me gusta en otras lenguas.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11202202]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8955711">
    <user id="45389">
    <name><![CDATA[nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 11 07:29:35 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 13 12:58:58 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i like jane more than paul so far]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8955711]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5416850">
    <user id="236267">
    <name><![CDATA[Tracy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 31 07:57:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 31 07:58:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[love a Jane Bowles!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5416850]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3876003">
    <user id="237516">
    <name><![CDATA[Rodney B]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
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  </user>
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