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cbabe

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12. True. She could really write. Almost a waste of talent. But

Reply to hermetic (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 02:49 PM

Feb 2

now considered a classic. A novel of its time. Lone spiritual white man struggling in the wilderness.

But we know it wasn’t a wilderness.

A problem interpreting art with hindsight.

Want to credit Cather but makes me sad.

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