But the fellow talked like a cheap novelist. - Or like a ve… - Ford Madox Ford

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But the fellow talked like a cheap novelist. - Or like a very good novelist for the matter of that, if it's the business of a novelist to make you see things clearly.

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Ford Madox Ford (17.12.1873 – 26.06.1939), also known as Ford Madox Hueffer, was a British novelist, essayist, memoirist and publisher.

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Birth Name: Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer

Alternative Names: Ford Hermann Hueffer • Ford Madox Hueffer

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