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WHORES.Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.
WHORES.Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Julian Barnes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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