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All new money is made through the shifting of social classes and the dispossession of old classes.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
Class
Social
Money
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Dispossession
Shifting
Classes

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I know your breed all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.
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About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.
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