"Polly want to abandon speaking of herself in the third person."
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, audio book, audio books, bookstore, book store, bookshop, book shop, literal, play on words, word play, word-play"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "
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