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A Mind That Found Itself vs Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A Mind That Found Itself A Mind That Found Itself Clifford Whittingham Beers · 1908 ★★★★☆ 3.8 132 pages · ≈ 2 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon
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Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum
Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum Hiram Chase · 1863 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 85 pages · ≈ 1 h 34 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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