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          <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I listened to this, but I recall that it was riveting, sad, and I loved the narration.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[I intend to read this again, since I don't think I really understood it all that well when I read it in high school.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:28:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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