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... Gina's cosy unaesthetic accommodation with reality is , like the duck's Darwinian aspect , ironically prosaic ; but her capacity for affection can be deeply moving , especially by contrast with the men's endless talk about feeling . She ...
... Gina's cosy unaesthetic accommodation with reality is , like the duck's Darwinian aspect , ironically prosaic ; but her capacity for affection can be deeply moving , especially by contrast with the men's endless talk about feeling . She ...
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... Gina setting the table and answering the questions of the would - be clever dog , Gregers , underscores both amusingly and affec- tionately Gina's relationship with the duck . Gina's answers are brief , not now , it seems , out of ...
... Gina setting the table and answering the questions of the would - be clever dog , Gregers , underscores both amusingly and affec- tionately Gina's relationship with the duck . Gina's answers are brief , not now , it seems , out of ...
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... Gina's explanation , which has the ring of truth , that her mother virtually forced her into bed with widower Werle despite his reputation for lechery , in the hope , presum- ably , that a lucrative marriage would follow . He does not ...
... Gina's explanation , which has the ring of truth , that her mother virtually forced her into bed with widower Werle despite his reputation for lechery , in the hope , presum- ably , that a lucrative marriage would follow . He does not ...
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