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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Ferdinand Bordewijk
- First published
- 1948
- Pages
- 286
- Publisher
- Elephant Paperbacks, Querido, Owen
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9789038802961
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