I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of…

Edith Wharton
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I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). The letters of Edith Wharton, Macmillan Reference USA
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I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). The letters of Edith Wharton, Macmillan Reference USA

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