From The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, by Vladimir NabokovTUSSLE
"The dreary tussle with a foreign idiom and a complete lack of literary experience do not predispose one to feeling over-confident."
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About Me
- usedbuyer 2.0
- I'm a bookseller and a used books buyer of more than 30 years experience and a lifelong bibliophile. I've been married in all but legality to my husband Allen for more than 35 years.
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