114 books
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126 voters
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(Golden Globe acceptance speech in the style of Jane Austen's letters):
"Four A.M. Having just returned from an evening at the Golden Spheres, which despite the inconveniences of heat, noise and overcrowding, was not without its pleasures. Thankfully, there were no dogs and no children. The gowns were middling. There was a good deal of shouting and behavior verging on the profligate, however, people were very free with their compliments and I made several new acquaintances. Miss Lindsay Doran,
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― The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
― The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
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Sentences spoken by writers, unless they have been written out first, rarely say what writers wish to say. Writers are unlucky speakers, by and large, which accounts for their being in a profession which encourages them to stay at their desks for years, if necessary, pondering what to say next and how best to say it. Interviewers propose to speed up this process
by trepaning writers, so to speak, and fishing around in their brains for unused ideas which otherwise might never get out of there. N
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― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
