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I can always tell when you're reading somewhere in the house,' my mother used to say. 'There's a special silence, a reading silence.

Francis Spufford

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Francis Spufford
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Author
Journalist
University Teacher
Writer
House
Tell
Mother
Used
Always
Somewhere
Silence
Special
Reading

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