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Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.

Muriel Spark

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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
Biographer
Editor
Literary Critic
Novelist
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Poet
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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