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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

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Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

by Stephen Clarke

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“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”
― Ovid

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BOOKSELLER: Hi there, how can I help?
CUSTOMER: Could you please explain Kindle to me.
BOOKSELLER: Sure. It’s an e-reader, which means you download books and read them on a small hand-held computer.
CUSTOMER: Oh OK, I see. So . . . this Kindle. Are the books on that paperback or hardback?”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
― Henry Miller

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BOOKSELLER: Yes, we do. They’re over here.
MAN: Do you have any posters of Adolf Hitler?
BOOKSELLER: Pardon?
MAN: Adolf Hitler.
BOOKSELLER: Well, he wasn’t a film star, was he.
MAN: Yes, he was. He was American. Jewish, I think...”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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