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Page 189
... novels , the isolated system , the manipulation of reality and illusion , and the movement toward death transfigured ... novels . Although the uncovering of each conspiracy supplies the momentum for all the novels , and although the ...
... novels , the isolated system , the manipulation of reality and illusion , and the movement toward death transfigured ... novels . Although the uncovering of each conspiracy supplies the momentum for all the novels , and although the ...
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... novels . Within the novels , the primary purpose of Puritan or Weberian dualities is to suggest a mode of action and reaction . If the meta - cartel is the epitome of the Puritan ethic as well as the ultimate form of bureacrat- ization ...
... novels . Within the novels , the primary purpose of Puritan or Weberian dualities is to suggest a mode of action and reaction . If the meta - cartel is the epitome of the Puritan ethic as well as the ultimate form of bureacrat- ization ...
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... novels may seem occasionally strange and frequently chaotic despite a growing sense that everything is somehow connected . The novels have passed through contemporary literature as if they were rockets : " The Rocket creating its own ...
... novels may seem occasionally strange and frequently chaotic despite a growing sense that everything is somehow connected . The novels have passed through contemporary literature as if they were rockets : " The Rocket creating its own ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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