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- ↑ "Frank Norris on "The Responsibilities of the Novelist"--Big Fortunes of Most Writers Exist Only in the Popular Imagination--Advice to Aspirants". The Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. December 6, 1903. p. 19. Retrieved June 17, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
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