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Prestige, contemplative, grave and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- First published
- 1899
- Pages
- 140
- Publisher
- BiblioBazaar, Blurb, IndyPublish
- Editions
- 142
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781442949881
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First sentence
“Some years ago my wife was in poor health, and our family doctor, in whose skill and honesty I had implicit confidence, advised a change of climate.”
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