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Franzen's dark night of the soul: considered becoming paralegal

The mid-1990s were evidently a difficult period for Franzen....
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"Betehsda Dilwroth" Wtf? I can haz hozpitall?
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he's a snob but at least he's not a SPS paper pusher going t...
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scalia couldn't succeed at any other profession.
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he always uses that phrase "not appropriate" to re...
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i noticed this first time i read this passage, didnt realize...
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same
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THIS.
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oh the luxury of the 90s economy!
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alternate timeline: Franzen is a 57-year-old paralegal
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w/ armpit sweat stains, living in Queens
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if franzen hadn't stuck with it and written freedom we never...
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Franzen is such a faggot. he sponged off his family until he...
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what a fag.
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op is an A+ franzen threader
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Think about how big of a tool you have to be to hold this 5 ...
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franzen always looks like he's sweating like crazy
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he looks like stephen king
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Date: February 29th, 2012 7:59 PM
Author: internet-worthy travel guidebook

The mid-1990s were evidently a difficult period for Franzen. Although he was a Guggenheim fellow in 1996, the profits from his first two books were gone, his marriage to Cornell finally dissolved in 1996, and his father died of Alzheimer's on Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at Betehsda Dilwroth Memorial Home in Kirkwood, Missouri. Earl Franzen was cremated with a memorial service on June 3, the last time Franzen was seen in public with Cornell. This cluster of landmark events signaled the end of an era for Franzen, who told Donald Antrium: "Not long after that, something loosened up. There was a space in which I could actually start to write again, a little bit, something that was mine and not ours" ("Jonathan Franzen" 75). During this period Franzen had entertained serious doubts about his vocation. He reflected: "I reaced such a low point. I was so discouraged with fiction . . . I was even thinking of temping or becoming a paralegal. And it occurred to me that I had written these two good novels, and it was not really approproate for me to go and word-process at a law firm. And that maybe I should think about doing some journalism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#20085637)



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Date: November 17th, 2014 5:03 PM
Author: exhilarant hairy legs

"Betehsda Dilwroth"

Wtf? I can haz hozpitall?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26738774)



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Date: August 1st, 2013 7:25 PM
Author: Shimmering rough-skinned mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#23764037)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 8:37 PM
Author: Appetizing Stead Personal Credit Line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25012926)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 8:52 PM
Author: Dashing free-loading church useless brakes

actually pretty telling

think of all those smart kids from good schools that run to big east coast cities to be paralegals and then go get their lives tied up in law

how many of them could have really helped change the world?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013017)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:08 PM
Author: insane multi-colored cruise ship

lol like franzen changed the world? he's a premature curmudgeon who writes self-serious, bourgeois "literature." i literally can't think of a more fatuous snob.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013111)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:09 PM
Author: buff hateful turdskin trust fund



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:26 AM
Author: stubborn blathering step-uncle's house

he's a snob but at least he's not a SPS paper pusher going to be the 626th personal injury lawyer in Boston; I can't weigh their utility to the world but my point, I guess, is that too many people go to law school and it would be socially beneficial to see if some of those brains could be used elsewhere, cite: Scalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015901)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:14 PM
Author: Appetizing Stead Personal Credit Line

scalia couldn't succeed at any other profession.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024342)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:15 PM
Author: stubborn blathering step-uncle's house

cricket eating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024347)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:22 PM
Author: elite boyish coffee pot laser beams

at least it's possible for the 627th PI lawyer in boston to be a net gain to humanity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024386)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:18 PM
Author: cerebral fortuitous meteor

(Totally salt-of-the-earth bro who uses words like fatuous," "curmudgeon" and "bourgeois")

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024358)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 8:52 PM
Author: Stirring Azure Mediation Stag Film

he always uses that phrase "not appropriate" to refer to something that he decided not to do because he considers himself too cool for it. i've read several quotes of his where he says of something, "it was not appropriate" (translation: "Franzen doesn't roll like dat.")

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013024)



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:14 AM
Author: fluffy generalized bond

i noticed this first time i read this passage, didnt realize it reflected a broader (shitty) tendency

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015863)



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:16 AM
Author: light spot ladyboy

same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015868)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 5:17 PM
Author: Frisky salmon whorehouse psychic

THIS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024695)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 8:53 PM
Author: buff hateful turdskin trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013026)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:04 PM
Author: Primrose reading party

oh the luxury of the 90s economy!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013081)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:12 PM
Author: Stirring Azure Mediation Stag Film

alternate timeline: Franzen is a 57-year-old paralegal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013132)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:15 PM
Author: buff hateful turdskin trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013160)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:15 PM
Author: Stirring Azure Mediation Stag Film

w/ armpit sweat stains, living in Queens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013167)



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Date: August 24th, 2014 1:49 PM
Author: Galvanic green fat ankles meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26196058)



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Date: September 21st, 2014 7:55 PM
Author: Appetizing Stead Personal Credit Line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26369703)



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Date: February 13th, 2014 9:14 PM
Author: insanely creepy chrome university rigpig

if franzen hadn't stuck with it and written freedom we never would have gotten that hilarious vid of him shooting hoops. or this:

http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/jonathan-franzen.jpg

depriving the world of these gifts would not have been appropriate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25013158)



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:13 AM
Author: Stimulating marketing idea elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015856)



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:12 AM
Author: Stimulating marketing idea elastic band

Franzen is such a faggot. he sponged off his family until he was in his late 40s and was never gainfully employed. then he won the lottery with that shitty novel of his.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015855)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 4:25 PM
Author: bearded soggy fanboi



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Date: February 14th, 2014 4:24 AM
Author: Adventurous Karate Parlor

what a fag.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25015895)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:19 PM
Author: sexy glittery faggot firefighter

op is an A+ franzen threader

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024364)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:20 PM
Author: cerebral fortuitous meteor

Think about how big of a tool you have to be to hold this 5 second pose for a quick photo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Franzen_at_the_Brooklyn_Book_Festival.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024373)



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Date: February 15th, 2014 4:20 PM
Author: buff hateful turdskin trust fund

franzen always looks like he's sweating like crazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25024375)



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Date: February 17th, 2014 11:59 AM
Author: Supple orchestra pit blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25034632)



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Date: May 11th, 2014 10:32 PM
Author: fishy preventive strike newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25544698)



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Date: November 17th, 2014 3:27 PM
Author: topaz space

he looks like stephen king

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26738174)



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Date: March 15th, 2014 12:25 AM
Author: sexy glittery faggot firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25191852)



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Date: May 11th, 2014 10:25 PM
Author: Razzle Sinister Toilet Seat Jewess



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25544665)



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Date: May 11th, 2014 10:27 PM
Author: transparent associate

biglaw partner sending franzen blacklined doc via email with subject line: THE CORRECTIONS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25544673)



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Date: August 24th, 2014 2:00 PM
Author: fragrant depressive nowag



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Date: August 24th, 2014 2:37 PM
Author: Frum Histrionic Factory Reset Button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26196384)



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Date: September 28th, 2014 10:30 PM
Author: Sable Aphrodisiac Cuckold Patrolman



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Date: April 3rd, 2015 10:24 AM
Author: 180 nursing home



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Date: April 3rd, 2015 10:41 AM
Author: Racy fear-inspiring tanning salon shitlib



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Date: May 11th, 2014 10:33 PM
Author: buff hateful turdskin trust fund

love this thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#25544704)



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Date: August 24th, 2014 2:37 PM
Author: Frum Histrionic Factory Reset Button

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5LnPiorWck

Look at his doofy cameo in this Sesame Street video.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26196380)



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Date: November 17th, 2014 3:21 PM
Author: fluffy generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1886902&forum_id=2#26738136)



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Date: November 17th, 2014 3:21 PM
Author: ebony school cafeteria wrinkle



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Date: April 3rd, 2015 10:14 AM
Author: fluffy generalized bond



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Date: December 18th, 2015 9:10 PM
Author: bearded soggy fanboi



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Date: April 5th, 2016 12:27 AM
Author: Appetizing Stead Personal Credit Line



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Date: March 4th, 2017 6:15 PM
Author: Appetizing Stead Personal Credit Line

This thread went unbumped for more than a year

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Date: January 18th, 2018 12:11 AM
Author: bearded soggy fanboi



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