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Classical in form, earnest, grave and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Sarah Dunant
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Da yan wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Little, Brown, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9781400060733
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First sentence
“LOOKING BACK NOW, I SEE IT MORE AS AN ACT OF PRIDE than kindness that my father brought the young painter back with him from the North that spring.”
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