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To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Writer
Jicin
Certain
Presents
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Difficulties
Best
Difficulty
Live
Pure
Writing
Novel
Pleasure
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