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    In Defense of Women
    In Defense of Women
    In Defense of Women
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    In Defense of Women

    By H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateOct 1, 1976
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      fascinating reading, 90 years after it was written, this edition being published about 5 years later. Mencken was a complicated person, and his writing is in the same mold. After reading this book, I checked author out on Wikipedia.com . I recommend the same order of reading.

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