I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic. ✨ John Banville: a life in writi…

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I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic. ✨ John Banville: a life in writing. Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.
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