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Classical in form, prestige, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- GUISEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781843430100
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First sentence
“The daily recital of the Rosary was over.”
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