The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

L.P. Hartley

The Go-Between

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Topic

The past Past and present

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hartley, L. P. The Go-Between. Hamish Hamilton, 1953, preface.

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