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THE DOLL is the most engrossing novel that I've ever been so ambivalent about

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Naomi K
Aug 07, 2015
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Remember yesterday when I wrote about Boleslaw Prus' THE DOLL? Well today I'm 25% of the way through! Yes, I made an absurd amount of progress with this 1000 page Polish realist novel, because it's actually really readable. For the first few chapters, I was like, what am I reading? And then I realized it was a novel about a businessman who's in love wit…

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