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Word: modiglianis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deliver a great deal of shrewd literary and social satire. The reader who follows the career of the Figet (or Fidget) family from the days of 15th Century Master Humfrey Figet down to the gayer days of the lovely Shelmerdine Parsley-Ffidgett (who was painted in the buff by Modigliani and drowned bathing at Cap d'Antibes one midnight) will know pretty well all there is to know about the average Whig county family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Other Eden | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

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