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aroundmes1tsthen1ght

9 months ago

‘[…], and “when things grow too long they turn into snakes.” ‘

- Giovanni Verga, as translated by Mary A. Craig, from ‘House by the Medlar-Tree’, first published in 1881.

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diemelusine

4 months ago

"Boar Lane", Leeds (1881) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 – 1893).

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