Literary Book

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“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)