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The Three-ladder system of social class in the US is very thinky for me, and large portions of it ring true. Note that this is social not economic class, which Americans often have trouble untangling. (via)

John McPhee has a long meditation on the importance of omission in art. (via?)

Some real covers for public-domain ebooks. Lolwhut. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "The Spirit of Discovery by Sea," William Lisle Bowles.

Date: 2 February 2016 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] galeni.livejournal.com
Fascinating article on social class and history. Thank you.

Somehow my father was L2 but acted like G4 and raised me to assume G2. And then I left the country to where the rules are somewhat different.

Date: 2 February 2016 07:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com
Erk. Those covers... Those covers...

Though the one for The Brothers Karamazov is strangely appealing.

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