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510 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 2)

The History of Literature

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The Unappeased Desire of Verica

"I may say that today, as victims of unappeased desire, there isn't a pin to choose between us. The poor man's state is almost my consolation," he writes. "There are really moments when I feel it to be quite my revenge."

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