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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- First published
- 1932
- Pages
- 248
- Publisher
- Heron Books, Paper Tiger (NJ), Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780749304072
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