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Beyond Literature's 'Great Beauties'

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Beyond Literature's 'Great Beauties'

Nov 5, 2021
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Beyond Literature's 'Great Beauties'

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Female protagonists in great books are usually great beauties. What about the plain-looking female protagonist?... more »

Moll Cutpurse, who ran a criminal empire in 1600s London, was an early "queen of the underworld" ... more »

“You stir some very deep part of my soul,” Iris Murdoch told Philippa Foot. Not lovers or merely close friends, what were they?…

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