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What Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if it means pretending that he loves the homely ingénue, and cares nothing for her opulent wealth.]]> 159 3.60 27403 2601 1880 3 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 16 08:28:38 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 08:39:42 -0800 2007 The Aspern Papers when I was deep into my thesis on Byron and couldn't get through it. I tried to read Portrait of a Lady and found Isabel Archer annoying at best, although I couldn't quite describe why she irritated me so much. I abandon...more...]]>