“What is the point of it all? Not leaving the world a better place, not making a lasting contribution, but simply passing the time as comfortably as possible.”

Margaret Drabble

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About Margaret Drabble

Novelist British

Dame Margaret Drabble is a distinguished English novelist, biographer, and critic, celebrated for her insightful explorations of contemporary British life. Born in Sheffield, she was educated at Cambridge University,...

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