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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Quote du jour/Gilbert Keith Chesterton

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

2 comments:

  1. maggie moranMay 20, 2008 at 1:12:00 PM EDT

    Ew, lots to think about...I'm thinking anti-hero Humbert Humbert in Lolita and what it says about Nabokov.

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  2. ColleenMay 20, 2008 at 2:08:00 PM EDT

    Well put.

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