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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
One that I have yet to read is "The French Lieutenant's Woman," but just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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I read The French Lieutenant's Woman back in the early 1970's. It was probably my favorite book I read in that decade. I still remember the beautiful last paragraph pretty much word for word. Must have struck a chord. It influenced my reading choices for years, sending me on a Thomas Hardy and existentialist binge. I then spent the 1980's reading all of Thomas Merton as an antidote, while also trying to lighten up. Ah, youth.
The Magus and The Collector were very different books, but I loved the way he wrote anything.