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... woman suffers from such a woman's point of view . She was ' a writer before she was a woman ' , she said ; men and women are equally prone to suffer in every story that she wrote ; and on the relationship between ' A Novelist and his ...
... woman suffers from such a woman's point of view . She was ' a writer before she was a woman ' , she said ; men and women are equally prone to suffer in every story that she wrote ; and on the relationship between ' A Novelist and his ...
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... woman , neither distin- guished nor particularly seductive , with a long , not very classic nose . Asked to name her , the painter replied that she was Daisy de Broglie - albeit a very different Daisy and went on to explain that , when ...
... woman , neither distin- guished nor particularly seductive , with a long , not very classic nose . Asked to name her , the painter replied that she was Daisy de Broglie - albeit a very different Daisy and went on to explain that , when ...
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... woman's taste for splendid clothing . ' Je suis ... conduit ' , he writes , ' à regarder la parure comme un des ... woman who obstinately remained herself in everything she did or said . She liked talking , and , when she talked ...
... woman's taste for splendid clothing . ' Je suis ... conduit ' , he writes , ' à regarder la parure comme un des ... woman who obstinately remained herself in everything she did or said . She liked talking , and , when she talked ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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