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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Daniel Lavery

I had not realized that this is exactly what I needed today--thank you! 😭

Also the maternal tenderness of George Eliot's men...

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Daniel Lavery

I believe this is even more blatant in "The Mill on the Floss"!

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This is Peak Danny Lavery!!

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“everyone finds themselves closer to gender-swapping the closer they get to falling in love” this is a Dan Lavery truism that’s gonna be knocking around in my head for ages. I feel like all of literature needs to be redefined as books that contain gender-swapping love and books that do not

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"Pretty straightforward stuff, once again brought to you by George Eliot’s Straightforward Gender Emporium." Is incredible---like a 940s radio ad in between the first two innings of a baseball game.

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