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NathanealWest
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06 Jan 2011, 1:37 am

I'm probably going to start a A Confederacy of Dunces after I'm done with A Fan's Notes.



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06 Jan 2011, 11:15 am

Sylvia Lindsay from Angela Brazil's The third class at Miss Kaye's.

-She has an obsession with Botany and ancient cultures.
-Instead of playing with her little friends, she'd rather read a book and pretend to be the characters.



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06 Jan 2011, 11:44 am

I think a lot of people ITT are confusing "character I can relate to" with "has ASD."


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12 Feb 2011, 7:37 am

Douglas Coupland