How else is the famous short story ‘A study in Abjection' to be understood but as an outbreak of disgust against an age indecently undermined by psychology. (Thomas Mann)

How else is the famous short story ‘A study in Abjection' to be understood but as an outbreak of disgust against an age indecently undermined by psychology.

Thomas Mann

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