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    <body><![CDATA[what I learned from this book: <br/><br/>under no circumstances should I hand over my diary to my fiance the day before the wedding.<br/><br/>particularly not if it contains the following:<br/><br/>- i am an addicted gambler. <br/>- i frequently go ‘wenching’. (19th century version of ‘...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23286392">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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