But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages … - Charles Dickens

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When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.

Charles Dickens

But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds.

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