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The Telephone In Literature: Nicholas Royle's 10 Favorite Uses Of The Phone As Character

First Posted: 10/06/10 01:38 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:55 PM ET

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guardian.co.uk:

Their writings help us see in different and remarkable ways the extent to which literature and telephones are in cahoots. When the phone starts ringing in a novel or short story, the air is charged with magic and coincidence, superstition and death.

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