- English fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Benefactors, Fiction
Also published under the better-kown title "Ruined City'.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 259
- Publisher
- Amereon Ltd, W. Morrow & company, Creative Media Partners, LLC
- Editions
- 50
- Language
- heb, English
- ISBN
- 9781889439204
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