Depending on your needs, it looks like they have lots of useful Doepfer modules in that price range. Hard to get excited about utilities but sometimes more of/a slightly different version of some form of modulation that you already have ends up being the right call.

The reminder being cut off in the thumbnail makes it seem like you were reminded of this because it was also in the Doris Kearns Goodwin book

The previous owner of my copy of Middlemarch wrote "oh for fuck's sake!" at one point.

Saw the pictures before I read the actual post and the first thing that came to mind was the poor things breaking...

This was my first Spark, many years ago, and I don't think I "got it" at the time. She has gone on to become one of my favorite authors, so I definitely need to revisit this one.