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squalor

[skwol-er, skwaw-ler] / ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər /


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In 1953, “Esmé” was reprinted in Salinger’s “Nine Stories,” a collection whose U.K. edition was titled “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor: And Other Stories.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2016

"We'll stage-manage the toilets," said Ms Bint, who described Squalor as "mesmerising".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2014

Jesse's relationships with this trio bring to mind two great stories about literature and learning, Lionel Trilling's Of This Time, of That Place and JD Salinger's For Esme – with Love and Squalor.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

Stuck in Squalor The cycle of disaster, death and denouncement repeats with a macabre monotony.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2012

Squalor and tragedy can beckon to all that is great in us, and strengthen the wings of love.�

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)




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