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The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

The entire Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy, read by the author. "A masterpiece of American humor." Los Angeles Times peterleroy.substack.com

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🎧 792: I wasn’t in . . .

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2024/08/16

I WASN’T IN THE CROWD that gathered to watch the Nevsky Mansion burn, because I hadn’t been born yet, but . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:34

🎧 791: For Mad

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2024/08/15

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4:43

🎧 785: I had to . . .

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2024/08/07

I HAD TO WAIT several months more for her next letter, but when it arrived and I read it, I knew that she had come to a spot where she would be staying put at last, and that I would be able to reach her . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:16

🎧 784: A few months . . .

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2024/08/06

A FEW MONTHS LATER, a letter arrived from Sydney, one that she had apparently written in haste . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:29

🎧 783: That summer . . .

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2024/08/05

THAT SUMMER I received a letter from Rangoon . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:05

🎧 782: When spring came . . .

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2024/08/02

WHEN SPRING came around the next year, it brought with it another of Ariane’s letters, one that brought a smile to my face as soon as I began reading it, [. . .] Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:49

🎧 781: I didn’t hear . . .

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2024/08/01

I DIDN’T HEAR FROM HER again until the following summer, when a letter arrived from Bombay . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:35

🎧 780: Toward the end . . .

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2024/07/31

TOWARD THE END of that year, another of her letters reached me, one she had mailed before leaving Istanbul . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:19

🎧 779: In April, . . .

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2024/07/30

66IN APRIL, the following spring, another of Ariane’s letters arrived, this time from Florence:Dear Peter,Once, when I was in the kitchen with my mother, making chowder, I chopped up more carrots than she usually used. When my mother saw what I’d done, she said something like, “You’re not going to put all those carrots in, are you?” I said something like, “Why not? It’ll look great.” (I went through a period of exaggerated fondness for the color orange.) My mother sighed and said, as well as I

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5:38

🎧 778: In August . . .

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2024/07/29

Dear Peter, The persistence of these people! Amazing! They hang on, following me everywhere like a trailing cloud, and sometimes if I stop suddenly, their inertia keeps them drifting on until they’ve caught up with me and they surround me more like fog than a cloud. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:55

🎧 777: Ariane kept . . .

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2024/07/26

ARIANE KEPT MOVING for the next few years, following an unpredictable course through the world, taking her inspiration from the river Meander, trying to shake the fans who followed her, the most devoted members of her audience, people with nothing better to do than pursue her, their fanatical ardor sustaining their dogged persistence. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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10:16

🎧 776: On Display

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2024/07/25

FROM The Films of Gregory Tschudin, by Andrew Cargill: On Display Daniel Turner (Hal Sorento), a builder who has been invited to bid on the construction of a house, is in the office of Terry Carp, a young architect (Jerry Burke), puzzling over a set of house plans. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:49

🎧 775: She ran . . .

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2024/07/24

SHE RAN TO THE BEDROOM and got the two bags that had been waiting there, and when she returned she drew a deep breath and said, “Am I ready? What do you think?” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:44

🎧 774: Then, smiling . . .

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2024/07/23

Then, smiling, she said, “You’re right, though, Peter. You’re a perceptive little guy. It wasn’t intended as a punishment, but that’s what it became. That’s what I made it.” “Punishment for what?” I asked. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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8:03

🎧 773: She glanced . . .

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2024/07/22

SHE GLANCED AT HER WATCH, took a deep breath, and, with a particularly mischievous twinkle in her eye, said, “A few nights ago, I walked into my living room—from the kitchen, carrying a drink—some scotch, on the rocks, in a low glass—and stood for a moment, looking at the phone, trying to decide whether or not to make a call— Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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9:30

🎧 772: “I had never . . .”

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2024/07/19

“I HAD NEVER BEEN MUCH of a reader, and I didn’t know where to begin. I had certain advantages, though. I had time, and I had as many advisers as I chose to accept. [. . .] Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:06

🎧 771: “When . . .”

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2024/07/18

“WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED, so to speak, I said to myself, ‘Ariane, honey, it’s not working out. Your life is out of control.’ What I meant, specifically, was that my life was out of my control. [. . .] Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:49

🎧 770: You see, . . .

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2024/07/17

YOU SEE, one night Terrence arrived in a sober mood. He embraced Ariane in silence, and held her long and hard. Then he kissed her once and set her aside—put his hands on her shoulders and moved her gently but firmly away, [. . .] Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:16

🎧 769: “Terrence, . . .”

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2024/07/16

“TERRENCE, sweet Terrence, was fiercely opposed to the war,” she said. “And I loved him for that. Not for that alone, but partly for that—that and the fact that as a lover he—” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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9:19

🎧 768: “The show . . .”

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2024/07/15

“The show that I always think of as the Ralph Kramden show was on, and although I had never cared much for him or his foolish schemes or his eternal whining and bullying, I left it on [. . .]” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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