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Weak, tea-drinking, effeminate, ineffectual--masters of India, robbers of South Africa, bedevillers of all Europe.

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
Weak
Ineffectual
Europe
Robbers
Tea
Africa
Drinking
India
South
Masters
Effeminate

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About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.
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