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Is Gossip Good for Us?
Gossip entertains, and it also sustains. In Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion,” the sober heroine, Anne Elliot, pays a visit to ...
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Does Gossip Serve the Greater Good?
Gossip about gossip. Plus: the Trump Administration’s latest moves; Andrew Scott’s dazzling one-man “Vanya”; and trend ...