I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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