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I wasn't discriminating in my reading, and I'm still not. I read then primarily to be entertained, as I do now. And I'm not saying that apologetically: I feel that if you remove the initial gut response from reading _ the delight or excitement or simply the enjoyment of being told a story _ and try to concentrate on the meaning or the shape of the "message" first, you might as well give up, it's too much like all work and no play.
Margaret Atwood Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature
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I wasn't discriminating in my reading, and I'm still not. I read then primarily to be entertained, as I do now. And I'm not saying that apologetically: I feel that if you remove the initial gut response from reading _ the delight or excitement or simply the enjoyment of being told a story _ and try to concentrate on the meaning or the shape of the "message" first, you might as well give up, it's too much like all work and no play.
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Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature

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