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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Are these the most depressing books ever?

The Telegraph - Monday 20 January 2014

Thomas Hardy 


Our list of 15 novels to drain you of all hope and optimism, featuring work from Thomas Hardy to Sylvia Plath 
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