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Thus Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Douglas and Mr. Joyce partly spoil their books for women readers by their display of self-conscious virility; and Mr. Hemingway, but much less violently, follows suit.

Virginia Woolf
Book, Self, Suits
Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.3669, Delphi Classics
Thus Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Douglas and Mr. Joyce partly spoil their books for women readers by their display of self-conscious virility; and Mr. Hemingway, but much less violently, follows suit.