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Word: ica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tune on a few exuberant weeks in Venice, and is a discerning judge of cocktails, tobacco, fabrics? Or in those of Hugh Walpole, when they discover that he is a genial and witty Englishman, with a pair of glasses on his nose and an admiration for Amer ica in general and for Jurgen and Seventh Heaven in particular? Reading a novel is, after all, like being told a story, except that you cannot see the teller. It is like a telephone conversation, only more so. It works both ways. Every thing you learn about the man will explain something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Map in Fiction* | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

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