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 (DIR) Post #B5gGtA0jFLXaHlQ4Qa by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       Groundbreaking Novel Ranked Among ‘Best Books of All Time’ Turns 307 Years Oldhttps://parade.com/news/groundbreaking-novel-ranked-among-best-books-of-all-time-turns-307-years-oldRobinson Crusoe at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70841#books #literature
       
 (DIR) Post #B5gGwkhdHblgx7CT7g by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       "He is the true prototype of the British colonist. ... The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity."— Irish novelist James Joyce via @wikipedia #books #literature
       
 (DIR) Post #B5gH9IzFdo8Sl3QWbA by sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie
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       @gutenberg_org @wikipedia And the fact that he uses the first person he meets not as a comrade but as a slave
       
 (DIR) Post #B5gHDVtFbpPvw1cuyu by riggbeck@mastodon.social
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       @gutenberg_org It may be groundbreaking, but I find it almost unreadable. I slogged through it for a class, but never again.