Re: Best last lines



wdstarr@xxxxxxxxx (William December Starr) wrote in news:frslrn$bk2$1
@panix3.panix.com:

Are you seriously saying that no one can enjoy Twain these days?

No, I'm saying that statements like "bestsellers all" and "beloved
by the common reader" might not apply to Twain (et al.) these days.


Mark Twain's sales seem to be doing OK from what I got off Amazon, and that's
with the disadvantage of multiple editions (for which I can check only one at
a time.)
.



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