title: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody
author:  Fanny Merkin 
description: <b>Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Next Best Thing</i></b>
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  The Wheel of Time
  
  
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  # The Wheel of Time
  
  
  ### Henry James
  
  
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  "And your daughter?" said Lady Greyswood; "tell me about her. She
  
  
  must be nice."
  
  
  "Oh, yes, she's nice enough. She's a great comfort." Mrs Knocker
  
  
  hesitated a moment, then she went on: "Unfortunately she's not
  
  
  good-looking — not a bit."
  
  
  "That doesn't matter, when they're not ill-natured," rejoined,
  
  
  insincerely, Lady Greyswood, who had the remains of great beauty.
  
  
  "Oh, but poor Fanny is quite extraordinarily plain. I assure you
  
  
  it does matter. She knows it herself; she suffers from it. It's the
  
  
  sort of thing that makes a great difference in a girl's life."
  
  
  "But if she's charming, if she's clever!" said Lady Greyswood,
  
  
  with more benevolence than logic. "I've known plain women who were
  
  
  liked.