People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an … - John Oliver Hobbes

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People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

John Oliver Hobbes

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Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (November 3, 1867 – August 13, 1906) was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes. Though her work fell out of print in the twentieth century, her first book Some Emotions and a Moral was a sensation in its day, selling eighty thousand copies in only a few weeks.

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Birth Name: Pearl Mary Teresa Richards

Alternative Names: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie • Pearl (Mary Teresa) Craigie

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People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight. - John Oliver Hobbes

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