Gabrielle DuboisThe reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.
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The book “The Reader” by Bernanos is a novel that was written in French in 1948. It was first published in English in the mid-1950s. The story is a fictionalized account of a Jewish family that lives during World War II. In the story, the character named Albert tells about a book that he has been reading.
This book is called “The Reader” by a French writer named Jean Genet. In fact, this novel was so important to Albert that he began to speak about it in his own life. He told about how this book had left its mark on him and how it had changed his personality.
He also said that he could not stop thinking about the book and what had happened to him.
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