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by Daniel Handler (Goodreads Author)

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In my edition, p239, the protagonist is reading motivational posters on a wall. One of these posters quotes from Ode on a Grecian Urn, which is then misattributed to Robert Frost. Do you think this is just an error or is it something more significant? After all, Joseph is supposed to be an English undergraduate, although he doesn't pick up on the error himself.

Charles There are 3 posters. The first mistakenly cites Macbeth, while the quote "Speak, hands for me" is spoken as the first knife enters Julius Caesar. Then…moreThere are 3 posters. The first mistakenly cites Macbeth, while the quote "Speak, hands for me" is spoken as the first knife enters Julius Caesar. Then, as you said, the second quote is misattributed. The third, from Medea, is accurate and is the most relevant to Joseph's situation at the moment he sees them: "The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them."

I took it to mean that the Hire Power Agency is full of [baloney].(less)

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