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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Logo minha figura foi desgraçada<br/>Por uma medonha aflição<br/>Que me forçou a contar a minha balada<br/>E que me libertará então.<br/><br/>Desde então, a hora malfadada<br/>Essa agonia regressará;<br/>E até a minha sinistra história ser contada<br/>Este coração no meu pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61546744">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was entertaining if nothing else.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked these stories. They reminded me of some of the Celtic fairy-tales.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful prose, creepy beautiful]]></body>
    
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