The Commonplace Book: Theory & Criticism

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Suicide as Style: The Life and Death of Harry Crosby

Suicide as Style: The Life and Death of Harry Crosby

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“PLEASE SELL $10,000 WORTH OF STOCK. WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAD A MAD AND EXTRAVAGANT LIFE.”

—Harry Crosby, nephew to J.P. Morgan, in a letter to his father en route to France.

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