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   Re: Best Novels of the last 25 Years?   
   26 Oct 06 18:45:16   
   
   From: hjkhjkhd@hhhh.com   
      
   "P.S.Burton"  wrote in message   
   news:1161856506.299156.25850@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > Thanks martha. I've got bleak house at home, I think I've just about   
   > got the set picked up here and there in charity shops. Like I say, I   
   > know that sooner or later it'll happen (yes, I know, "Dickens is one of   
   > those writers that people are always meaning to read")   
   >   
   > a luvvie is a pretentious theatrical type full of name dropping   
   > anecdotes and self importance   
   >   
      
   I don't know if that's accurate. My idea of a luvvie - and that of Private   
   Eye's - is someone who is ridiculously precious about their job.   
      
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