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    <body><![CDATA[this is a beautiful book. 88 pages long, 1896. willa cather apparently named this book along with the scarlet letter and the adventures of huckleberry finn as the three soon-to-be-eternal cornerstones of american lit. can't help but notice moby-dick isn't on that short list, which is weird, because ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51353117">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book.  Loved the language, the descriptions, and the characters.  Transported me back in time.  I had this book kicking around the house for such a long time, and I finally decided to take the plunge and commit myself to it.  It was a little disconcerting that there was no real PLOT, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63799700">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a wonderful little book set amongst sea folk. it made me think of poor mrs. unguentine, and i wondered if these were the friends she left behind because if they were, i now understand her dismay a little better. the narrator introduces us to her landlady, mrs. todd, her mother mrs. blackett ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51505616">more...</a>]]></body>
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