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    Pygmalion's Spectacles
    Pygmalion's Spectacles
    Pygmalion's Spectacles
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    Pygmalion's Spectacles

    By Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

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    Dan Burke steps out of a stuffy New York City party hoping to get some air and peace in Central Park, but instead he meets a gnomelike man who asks him, "But what is reality?".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateJan 31, 2014
    ISBN9781609772307
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