Cussedness
The natural cussedness of things in general.
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Ticket No. 9672 by Jules Verne
Also known as The Lottery Ticket, as the British translation was entitled, Ticket No. 9672 is one of Verne’s mid-period Voyages Extraordinaire, and is one of those rare things, a Verne novel with female characters. But despite having pivotal roles in the plot, neither of the two main women stand out from the page after the first chapter. (more…)