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  1. John le Carré _ Absolute Friends

    There comes a moment for all of us when our childhood ceases to be an excuse. In your case, I would say that, as with many English, the moment is somewhat delayed.
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  2. John le Carré _ Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    Haydon was more than his model, he was his inspiration, the torch-bearer of a certain kind of English calling which - for the very reason that it was vague and understated and elusive - had made sense of Guillam's life till now.
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  3. Ian Fleming _ Casino Royale

    Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.
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  4. Charles Dickens _ A Tale of Two Cities

    You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer," said Miss Pross, in her breathing. "Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
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  5. P.G. Wodehouse _ The Luck of the Bodkins

    Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.
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  6. Alexandre Dumas _ The Count of Monte Cristo

    that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me
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