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What an undertaking! There's always a feeling of great satisfaction when I finish a genuinely huge book and the effect is tripled when it's a classic. So, as Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is one of the very longest I'll ever read I'm going to give a self satisfied nod when I tick it off the list (and then I'll see how many more I have to read and feel pretty darn discouraged! But that's another matter).
To continue with the 'epic' vein I had some feelings of apprehension on ...more
What an undertaking! There's always a feeling of great satisfaction when I finish a genuinely huge book and the effect is tripled when it's a classic. So, as Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is one of the very longest I'll ever read I'm going to give a self satisfied nod when I tick it off the list (and then I'll see how many more I have to read and feel pretty darn discouraged! But that's another matter).
To continue with the 'epic' vein I had some feelings of apprehension on ...more
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