"Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures."

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Source: Irving Stone (1981). “Irving Stone, three complete novels”, Random House Value Publishing

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Irving Stone was an American author known for his biographical novels, particularly 'Lust for Life,' which vividly portrays the life of Vincent van Gogh.

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