A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.

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This Side of Paradise by F. Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer") (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War especially "The Soldier". Magee idolised Brooke and wrote a poem about him ("Sonnet to Rupert Brooke").

Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer") (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War especially "The Soldier". B.