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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

(US: Anchor / AU: Faber & Faber) Rated: N/A

US release date: September 2006

Australia release date: August 2006

by Mikita Brottman

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You might argue with her judgments, as I did with her criticism of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, but you can't help but sense that hers is the more grounded point of view.

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