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Speaking of dry, a few years ago I reread 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne and recall skipping large chunks of page due to fin de si\u00e8cle taxonomy, must have been fascinating at the time, but for us 20th C. sophisticates, not so much. More recently, Around the World in 80 days traveled well, but had its moments of florid prose and old-time tropes. What a mind that man had!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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