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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick Rambaud
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 330
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Picador, Atlantic Monthly Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780802142658
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First sentence
“ON 20 MARCH 1811, sir, I was in Paris.”
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