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Austin Tappan Wright left the world a wholly unsuspected legacy. After he died in a tragic accident, among this distinguished legal scholar's papers were found thousands of pages devoted to a staggering feat of literary creationa detailed history of an imagined country complete with geography, genealogy, literature, language and culture.
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Richly built, contemplative, epic and cool.
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Austin Tappan Wright
- First published
- 1942
- Pages
- 1013
- Publisher
- Overlook Press, Arno Press, Lightyear Press
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780405035500
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“In the year 1901, it was the custom at Harvard for seniors to entertain the incoming freshmen at "beer nights," where crackers and cheese and beer, to those who drank, and ginger ale, to those who did not drink, were served.”
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