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On first reading Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” (1988). #111Words #DorisLessing #TheFifthChild #UniversityOfPennsylvania #ComparativeLiterature #LiteraryTheory #Dissertation #Novel #Fiction https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-first-reading-doris-lessings-fifth.html

On first reading Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” (1988)

On a Sunday in October 1990, I went to the library at the University of Pennsylvania to do some reading and studying for classes that week (...