No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who rea…

George Eliot
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. ✨ George Eliot (2016). Adam Bede: Top Novelist Focus, p.442, 谷月社
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. ✨ George Eliot (2016). Adam Bede: Top Novelist Focus, p.442, 谷月社

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