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Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the… — David Lodge

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Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round.

David Lodge
1965
★ 2.6
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Topic
Literature vs. life
Medium
Novel
Time
1965
Person
David Lodge
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Citation
Lodge, David. The British Museum is Falling Down. MacGibbon & Kee, 1965, ch. 4.