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Warm, comic, effortless and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Atwater
- First published
- 1938
- Pages
- 138
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Collins, Bodley Head
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780440459347
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First sentence
“Mr. Popper's house-painting season is over, and he is free to spend his time reading about his favorite subject, polar expeditions.”
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