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How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

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How Patricia Highsmith's <em>Mr. Ripley</em> Rises from Genre to Myth

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James Lasdun on the Genius of a Mid-Century Classic

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