WHORES. Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syp…

Julian Barnes
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WHORES. Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.
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WHORES. Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.

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