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Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
His previous series of mistresses had tickled only his sensual desires. In Madame de Pompadour he found a woman who made him feel greatness in himself. The other mistresses could easily be replaced, but he could never find another Madame de Pompadour.
Robert Greene • The Art of Seduction
Philippa Langley
revealingrichardiii.com“Vanity, thy name is woman,” Derek said with what seemed like a forced joviality. He was not, Ursula noticed, as comfortable in social situations as she had first thought. She smiled at him, feeling a new bond. She was marrying a stranger, she realized. (“Everyone marries a stranger,” Hugh said.)
Kate Atkinson • Life After Life
Selene of Alexandria: A Novel of Late Antiquity
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Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
Interestingly, despite the importance of her viewpoint, Margaret appears in the story only indirectly, through the letters of her brother—a structural echo of the role most women were forced to play in the lives of men, one step removed, distanced from the action.
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