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"Though fairy-stories are of course by no means the only medium of Escape, they are today one of the most obvious and …"

"Real life is overrated. But as readers we can escape to any elsewhere our heart desires – and at present all my heart…"

"Such forgeries were common enough... So unenviable was the reputation that priests had acquired in this matter that I…"

"The present generation has this ingrained weakness, that it thinks that nothing discovered by the moderns is worthy t…"

"The very best proof of how much writing mattered was the forgeries. Forgery had been an ecclesiastical habit for cent…"

"For the majority of readers, Latin American fantastic literature operates under the tutelage of the great masters: Jo…"

"From around 1600 to 1750, the Baroque period witnessed the creation of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever…"

"... Now, in my opinion, you can't find a nicer piece of meat, marbled but firm, than a buck [boy] tempered [castrated…"

""But if you eat this chap who's God", said Llewelyn stoutly, "how can it be horrible? If it's all right to eat God wh…"