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Romance Of The Commonplace

Romance Of The Commonplace

Written by: Frank Gelett Burgess
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Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The American Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. Nonsense verse (none in this collection) was a specialty. - Summary by David WalesCopyright Essays Genre Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
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