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Wonderful word pictures. - Goodreads Good until the ending.. - Goodreads There is some very good prose here. - Goodreads But fairy tales have happy endings & this does not. - Goodreads I really liked the ending, which I won't give away. - Goodreads Anti-climatic ending. - Goodreads Review: The Blind Contessa's New MachineUser Review - Louise - GoodreadsThis is a fictional treatment how of Pelligrino Turri may have come to invent a prototype of what eventually became the typewriter. Because his invention was designed to assist the blind, the author ... Read full review Review: The Blind Contessa's New MachineUser Review - Laura - GoodreadsI enjoyed the book overall. The writing was lovely, the main characters well-developed. However, I felt the characters at times acted in ways that stretched believability and I hated the ending. I'm ... Read full review Related books
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