Cranford
The BBC production. Shown on PBS. Based on book by Mrs. Gaskell. Written in the 19th century about a small English town fearing the arrival of the railroad.
I watched it. I now admit it. And I'm not ashamed.
How many of us fear the coming of the railroad? Will it bring in riffraff?
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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