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Helen DeWitt

The English Understand Wool

The English Understand Wool

A dryly comic novella by Helen DeWitt about taste, deception, and upbringing.

6 people recommend this

Recommended by

  • Minna Kelly
    Minna KellyFirst to rec

    “We don’t deserve Helen DeWitt but we should read her constantly.”

    4
  • Paige Stewart Enslow
    Paige Stewart Enslow

    “10/10 novella I’m still thinking about months later. Makes the case for the finer things and generosity”

    1511
  • Kate Arends Peters
    Kate Arends Peters

    “My sister gifted this to me. Short but rich in texture.”

    32
  • Brigid
    Brigid
    12
  • Sarah Beck
    Sarah Beck

    “Delicious novella.”

    1
  • Hannah Harvey
    Hannah Harvey

    “(TBR)”

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