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| import re | |
| def get_book_contents(book_raw): | |
| start = re.compile(r"START OF (?:THE|THIS) PROJECT GUTENBERG", flags=re.IGNORECASE) | |
| end = re.compile(r"END OF (?:THE|THIS) PROJECT GUTENBERG", flags=re.IGNORECASE) | |
| book_start = start.search(book_raw) | |
| book_end = end.search(book_raw) | |
| return book_raw[book_start.span()[1]:book_end.span()[1]] | |
| notes = get_book_contents(notes_from_underground_raw) | |
| crime = get_book_contents(crime_and_punishment_raw) | |
| idiot = get_book_contents(the_idiot_raw) | |
| possessed = get_book_contents(the_possessed_raw) | |
| brothers = get_book_contents(the_brothers_karamazov_raw) |
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