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Marianne Faithfull: Somewhere in Her Soul...

Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 12 April 1973

LONDON — She once said: "It's like there's this chant — 'Poor, tragic Marianne, poor, tragic Marianne.'" Tragic is a word that has cropped up frequently in Marianne Faithfull's life, in public headlines and private thoughts. Marianne Faithfull, 16-year-old convent school girl, overnight pop star. Now, nine years later, Marianne Faithfull, out-of-work actress taking a cure for heroin addiction.

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