Thread: How many of you are more willing to buy a book the longer it is?
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Old 10-20-2008, 05:47 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by rlparker View Post
Your comment reminded me of my 7th grade English teacher (Hi Mrs. Hazelman) who replied, if anyone asked her how long our essays "had" to be, "As long as a woman's skirt--long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to maintain interest."
That made me giggle... which I usually don't do. I think too that means that essays are much shorter now than they were in the 20's.

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