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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Tim Jeal
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 720
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, Hutchinson, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781299284074
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“Of course London had seen vast crowds before: at the recent Diamond Jubilee and at the Iron Duke's funeral.”
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