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Please tell me you're not one of Toulouse's oh so talented, charmingly bohemian, tragically impoverished writers?
— Satine
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The question piles flattering descriptions of writers beside an unflattering account of their poverty. Its weary phrasing makes the supposed charms sound doubtful. Talent, bohemian style and tragic hardship become a familiar package the speaker appears reluctant to encounter yet again.
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