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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: April 24 2012 at 17:36 |
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So an English novel (not an American, Australian, Canadian, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, New Zealand novel)?
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 03:46 |
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Er … I’ve already told you that the book is not written in English.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 04:06 |
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Is the book written in French?
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 04:10 |
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Yes!
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:28 |
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In the 19th century?
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refugee
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:43 |
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No.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:44 |
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Between 1601 and 1800?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:51 |
Oh, my bad. Somehow I completely misread your reply. 
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refugee
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 08:02 |
 someone_else wrote:
Between 1601 and 1800? |
Yes.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 08:12 |
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Between 1701 and 1800?
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refugee
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 08:21 |
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Yes.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 08:37 |
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An epistolary novel?
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refugee
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 09:06 |
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No. The author was "openly dismissive of the epistolary novels of Madame Riccoboni and the abbé Prévost’s fondness for the clichés – shipwrecks, bandits, and other thrilling perils – of romance".
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 09:18 |
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That gives a positive DNA match with Denis Diderot. Is he Jacques le Fataliste?
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refugee
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 09:48 |
It is indeed.  My brother translated the book into Norwegian.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 09:59 |
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I have to think about who's next now. I come with a new one as soon as possible.
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 10:19 |
someone_else wrote:
That gives a positive DNA match with Denis Diderot. |
Nice way of putting it, btw! I reckon you googled it and found the same document as I did.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 12:41 |
refugee wrote:
someone_else wrote:
That gives a positive DNA match with Denis Diderot. |
Nice way of putting it, btw! I reckon you googled it and found the same document as I did.
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I did indeed. A new one: Real person, male, deceased.
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refugee
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Posted: April 26 2012 at 04:12 |
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Did he die in 1900 or later?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: April 26 2012 at 04:23 |
Yes.
His wife played violin.
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