Reel 4: Essays on Paul Bourget

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eight lengths of dialogue eased under the swell — shaken through the clippers, heard through a wall, warped like worn tape, cut against the pit orchestra, reel by reel

Where it came from — Mark Twain (2012); Fred Hamm Orchestra (1925). LibriVox recording of Essays on Paul Bourget, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget".

Cover art — a detailed portrait of a man from the chest up, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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