Eight Is NOT Enough (The Book Of Gus #9)

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5 billowy  C  words  +  4 other  C  definitions
 

CONCISION: A language no one speaks anymore.

CORSET: Prevents having children.

CRUCIFIX: Looks good in an alcove and on the guillotine

CUT-RATE: Good name for a shop: inspires confidence.
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Only 92 pages!

Born in France, in 1821, Gustave Flaubert  died in 1880 
but  THE DICTIONARY OF ACCEPTED IDEAS
was not published until 1913.

The original title, translated to English, 
was  THE DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS.

Someone named  Kafka  was maddeningly influenced 
by this dictionary and other Flaubert books. 

I wish I had read anything by Flaubert forty years ago.

I read this dictionary forty days ago.

At least half of the 800 definitions
could have been written
four days ago.

Flaubert's dictionary  should be 
required reading for anyone who breathes.
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