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2016/41: Arcadia -- Iain Pears
Sunday, August 7th, 2016 08:56 pm2016/41: Arcadia -- Iain Pears
( slightly spoilery )
The English were a different matter. As their lives were so dreary and constrained, the fanciful exuberance of the human spirit was forced to take refuge in the imagination, which was the only place it could exist without attracting disapproval. [loc. 2553]
( slightly spoilery )
