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  2. Long live the Greek myths! @MillerMadeline's Song of Achilles wins Orange Prize. bit.ly/KGnrIh via @PublishersWkly
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  9. Great to see some Penguin Classics in the mix! MT @Politics_Prose: 11 (really) long novels for the long wkd: wp.me/p2dYVn-4k
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  14. Hey there, new Gatsby film. Meet Coralie Bickford-Smith’s Fitzgerald Classics. Seems like you all should be friends. ow.ly/b7HrD
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