Fellow Passengers: A Novel in PortraitsSecrets, foibles, and ironies expose the Establishment in this subtle novel of society matrons and dilettantes, of debutante parties and contested wills. Auchincloss reveals his gallery of portraits with style and wit. |
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... least actions , hiking up his trousers as he sat down , perching his pince - nez carefully on the thin bridge of his nose , uttering loud introductory coughs be- fore even the most banal remark , or giving vent to the bray of a laugh ...
... least actions , hiking up his trousers as he sat down , perching his pince - nez carefully on the thin bridge of his nose , uttering loud introductory coughs be- fore even the most banal remark , or giving vent to the bray of a laugh ...
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... least apology for having ruined everyone's summer . So strongly did she believe in life- in the lives , that is , of her two sons — and so unimportant did she consider all activities and sports with the least built - in danger , such as ...
... least apology for having ruined everyone's summer . So strongly did she believe in life- in the lives , that is , of her two sons — and so unimportant did she consider all activities and sports with the least built - in danger , such as ...
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... least the prep school crowd , saw him as an entertaining and subtle social climber whose wit and easy adaptability with people made up in goodly measure for any deficiency in moral character , if deficiency there were . For we still ...
... least the prep school crowd , saw him as an entertaining and subtle social climber whose wit and easy adaptability with people made up in goodly measure for any deficiency in moral character , if deficiency there were . For we still ...
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