Novels are the Socratic dialogs of our time. This free form has become the refuge of common sense in its flight from pedantry. (Friedrich Schlegel)

Novels are the Socratic dialogs of our time. This free form has become the refuge of common sense in its flight from pedantry.

Friedrich Schlegel

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