The history of most fictions would be far stranger than the fictions themselves ; but it would be a dark and sad chronicle. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

The history of most fictions would be far stranger than the fictions themselves ; but it would be a dark and sad chronicle.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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