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I studied this text for A Level and fell completely in love with Larkin's style, wit and even the bleak nature of much of this work. As an angst ridden teenager the poems seemed to speak directly... more

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    5 Stars The Less Deceived 28/10/2007
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    Advantages Advantages Wonderful thought provoling, bleak yet humorous

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A little too melancholic perhaps?

    I studied this text for A Level and fell completely in love with Larkin's style, wit and even the bleak nature of much of this work. As an angst ridden teenager the poems seemed to speak directly to me. The title poem made me want to scream at the realisation that in Victorian society a woman 'defiled' by a man would be deemed damaged goods and unlikely to mary; oh the unfairness! And yet the perpetrator was himself 'more deceived' by his act. I was inspired to write to Larkin and received a lovely reply to my adolescent gushings of adoration. Sadly Larkin is deceased but his wonderful thought ... more

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Type Poetry
Title The Less Deceived
Author Philip Larkin
Original Release Year 1955
ISBN 900533064

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