She respected her husband in the same way as she respected the General…

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She respected her husband in the same way as she respected the General Post Office, as something large, secure and fixed: and though she knew the small number of his talents she appreciated his abstract value as a male. ✨ James Joyce (2015). Dubliners: Top 100 Classic Novels, p.101, 谷月社
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She respected her husband in the same way as she respected the General Post Office, as something large, secure and fixed: and though she knew the small number of his talents she appreciated his abstract value as a male. ✨ James Joyce (2015). Dubliners: Top 100 Classic Novels, p.101, 谷月社

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