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Word: valmouth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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...five Firbank novels collected in this volume, readers-will find a pretty complete reflection of the Firbank private world, with only the coal and the real estate left out and no throaty constriction to impede the fluent lushness. ¶ Valmouth (1919) is a tale about high-society high jinks in an imaginary British health resort where the salubrious climate assures salacious longevity. The sexy heroine is a brisk 120 years old. ¶ The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923) tells of the unrequited love of a French girl for a royal prince (addressed as "His Weariness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Perfect Dear | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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