The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
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The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

— Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
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