Hmph. One quick method to make me not finish your book: Talk shit about Robert Browning. I was reading this book Lady’s Maid, which is a story about Elizabeth Barrett Browning from the point of view of her maid, Wilson, and for a while I was only bothered by how little Robert Browning there was in the book. I kept reading, expecting to see more of dear, sweet, lovely Robert Browning (born on my birthday!), and very little was forthcoming. And I was only half paying attention to it while I was reading it, because in my mind I kept…
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