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Word: economicâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Significance. Arthur Train has never done better. His gift lies not in narration, though his style is eminently readable. His plots are usually negligible. But he is past master of the art of dramatizing the problems?social, legal, economic???of tangled modern life. His characters are in many cases vividly drawn, but in the main they are subordinate to the examination of the intricacies of the social structure. Peculiarly in a position to know the very rich and the very poor, together with the legal mechanism of their interrelationships, he has the knack of dragging dull facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Nimble Camel* | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

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