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Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Newton Thornburg
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 317
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Popular Library, Little, Brown
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316843904
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First sentence
“IT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME RICHARD BONE HAD SHAVED WITH A Lady Remington, nor did he expect it to be the last.”
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