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Title: a metaphorical masterpiece
Review: just finished thomas hardy's "mayor of casterbridge," a book which i highly recommend.this novel is purported to be the first thriller, from which all that followed are copies.the characters in this metaphorical masterpiece operate in a never dissipating cloud of pathos which hangs over them like a vulture over a wounded fawn. the last sentence of the book illustrates: happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.once you pick up the rhythm of the writing, you will not be able to put the book down.
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