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Sunday Morning! Balzac’s Wild Ass’s Skin Balzac

Sunday Morning! Balzac’s Wild Ass’s Skin

Rufus F. August 18, 2019
The Balzac streak continues with a supernatural tale built on the fantastical conceit that our energies can...
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Monday Afternoon?!! Balzac’s Old Goriot & Midnight Cowboy midnight cowboy

Monday Afternoon?!! Balzac’s Old Goriot & Midnight Cowboy

Rufus F. August 5, 2019
A day late and a dollar short with two stories of the rake's progress.
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Sunday Morning! Beginning Balzac & Eugénie Grandet balzac

Sunday Morning! Beginning Balzac & Eugénie Grandet

Rufus F. July 28, 2019
I suppose by middle age it's high time I started with Balzac...
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