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The Children, by Howard Fast
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Curiosity always undermines my resolution never to read authors’ prefaces and I turn back to learn that Maisie symbolizes the petty bourgeoisie or that Herbert stands for the immortality of the poetic spirit: they are not Maisie and Herbert at all. This is unfortunate, for the author’s estimate of his own work often reflects the fact that he is seldom a trained critic or logical analyst; to fully explain all his intuitions and intentions he would have to write another book.
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