I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. T…

W. Somerset Maugham
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. ✨ Summing Up (1938) p. 92
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. ✨ Summing Up (1938) p. 92

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