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Benjamin Dreyer's avatar

A beautifully informative reading, Patrick, thank you!

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Patrick Nathan's avatar

Thank you! Sorry I said “cruelest”

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Benjamin Dreyer's avatar

But you said it as you, not as Eliot, so it’s perfect!

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Sarah Thankam Mathews's avatar

I also read TWL + of late, the four quartets each spring 🫡 I loved this, Patrick

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Mark Fettes's avatar

Regarding Note 2, I think the Eliot of Prufrock clearly had a sense of humour (hippopotamuses, sapient sutler bees, and so on), but sadly lost it soon after. Perhaps another casualty of his marriage?

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John Parker's avatar

If you consider that the majority of the 20th Century's genocides all began in April, it is indeed the cruelest month...

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