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The Life of John Buncle

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    …known for his extravagant “autobiography,” The Life of John Buncle, 2 vol. (1756 and 1766), in which the hero marries seven wives in succession, each wife embodying one of Amory’s ideals of womanhood. Rich, racy, and eccentric, his works contain something of the spirit of both Charles Dickens and François…

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