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Word: peepshowâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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...PEEPSHOW???F. Tennyson Jesse ? Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Readers who know that Fryn Tennyson Jesse is a woman, the grandniece of the late Alfred, Lord Tennyson and a versatile author in her own right, will expect something unusual from A Pin to See the Peepshow. Readers to whom she is not even a name may be agreeably surprised at the bright zest of its introductory pages, increasingly depressed as its long middle section threatens to turn hopelessly humdrum. But they will do well to persevere. From boring realism the story finally emerges into agonizing, deeply moving life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Before the Fact | 12/10/1934 | See Source »

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