I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much ✨ Oscar …

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I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, p.36, Simon and Schuster
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I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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