Thread: What did you learn from reading fiction that you hadn't expected going in?
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Old 09-21-2010, 12:22 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by clarknova View Post
Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle taught me that Dumas' d'Artagnan was based on a real person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...e_d%27Artagnan
Thanks for that link! You learn something new every day!

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...I will have to reread the Little Prince and not only once more to study the happy endings.
Beppe, as often, thanks for your thoughtful comments.
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