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This is one of the few books that is worthy of reading once a decade throughout my life. The theme of what is real/true is especially of interest today with 'fake news', weighted searches, & eminently editable text. A recent article Believing Without Evidence Is Always Wrong makes the point today based on The Ethics of Belief from 1877. Obviously, a perennial idea.
There are spoilers in this review, but I'm not hiding them as I doubt there is anyone who doesn't know the basic story of this classi ...more
There are spoilers in this review, but I'm not hiding them as I doubt there is anyone who doesn't know the basic story of this classi ...more
Undoubtedly for many of you this book will bring back bad memories. Of dreary English lessons, of reading out loud in front of the class and not understanding a word of what you're saying. But I urge you to put all of that to one side for a minute and give this fantastically absorbing and uncannily prophetic novel another go.
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