Happy Sad Penguin Day
Nov. 1st, 2017 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
radiantfractureI found another grumpy Penguin book blurb! Or, rather, @vijaykhurana found it and posted it to Twitter, writing:
...accompanied by this picture:
Which, while of similar vintage, is superior in cumulative gloominess to the copy of Howards End I mentioned in an earlier post:
...which at least offers up a little hope for a rewarding, if arduous, reading experience.
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Take me back to when books cost 85p and the publisher would warn you on the back cover that it might be terrible.
...accompanied by this picture:
Which, while of similar vintage, is superior in cumulative gloominess to the copy of Howards End I mentioned in an earlier post:
...which at least offers up a little hope for a rewarding, if arduous, reading experience.
{rf}
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Date: 2017-11-02 09:35 pm (UTC)That's magnificent.
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Date: 2017-11-03 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-03 06:31 pm (UTC)Please post any others you find.