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From the intro: "It can be played by boys of every age [...] by girls of the better sort, and by a few rare and gifted women." Never gonna read beyond that int
by nickelcitymario 9y ago
From the intro: "It can be played by boys of every age [...] by girls of the better sort, and by a few rare and gifted women."
Never gonna read beyond that intro.
- fortythirteen 9y agoSo almost every piece of classical literature is worthless, because it came from a more patriarchal time?
- lou1306 9y agoSo I suppose you have never/will never read Tom Sawyer, due to Injun Joe? People in the past had (what we now consider) backward mentality, and we have to deal with it somehow. I did mutter "wtf, man?!" upon reaching that paragraph, nevertheless I kept reading.
- panglott 9y agoThis is a game that is of interest mostly as a historical artifact, anyway, rather than a a game that people should be playing for its own sake.
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