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The William Trevor Reader: “Mr. Tennyson”

This is a slight one, though nice, I think. The plot summary can be delivered in the space of two sentences: Mr. Tennyson, an English teacher, is notorious for an affair he once had with one of his students, Sarah Spence, and is rumored to have had others. Jenny, the main character, wants to be Mr. Tennyson’s next affair,

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