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The final lines of novels are not important

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Oct 14, 2015
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People remember the initial lines of novels (e.g. "It's a truth universally to be acknowledged..."). And they remember the final lines of short stories (e.g. "He was absolutely sure Helen wouldn't have wanted him to be so alone"). But they do not remember the final lines of novels.

Go ahead, Name exception after exception (I can think of one, the final l…

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