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The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - Books Like This | What Should I Read Next?

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The Optimist's Daughter

Published1978

Pages208

Formatpaperback

PublisherVintage

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“He, who had once been the declared optimist, had not once expressed hope. Now it was she who was offering it to him. And it might be false hope”

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“What occupied his full mind was time itself; time passing: he was concentrating”

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