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... comedy of futility , of the futility of intervention and of the various ' White ' attempts at counter - revolution , and also of the efforts of the Bursanov family to get possession of and retain their largely imaginary fortunes ...
... comedy of futility , of the futility of intervention and of the various ' White ' attempts at counter - revolution , and also of the efforts of the Bursanov family to get possession of and retain their largely imaginary fortunes ...
Page 68
... comedy of expectant youth . It is Carol Milford , fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College . The days of pioneering ... comedy in all this , the efforts of a young woman from the outside to impose her taste on a self - sufficient ...
... comedy of expectant youth . It is Carol Milford , fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College . The days of pioneering ... comedy in all this , the efforts of a young woman from the outside to impose her taste on a self - sufficient ...
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... comedy , shirking nothing of the horrors , for example , of putrescence : its humour is that of men and women very close to the earth . The journey is made because Anse has promised Addie that he will bury her in Jefferson . True , the ...
... comedy , shirking nothing of the horrors , for example , of putrescence : its humour is that of men and women very close to the earth . The journey is made because Anse has promised Addie that he will bury her in Jefferson . True , the ...
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