You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn__ enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz and John Grisham would be great fiction writers, and by any but the most commercial standards they__e not even very good.
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn__ enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz and John Grisham would be great fiction writers, and by any but the most commercial standards they__e not even very good.
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