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Chapter XV
Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April. There were three printings in the first week. Five in the second. In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.” New York of the middle-lower class.
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From this reading “There were three printings in the first week.”
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From this reading “Five in the second.”
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading New York of the middle-lower class.
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From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading Five in the second.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading New York of the middle-lower class.
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading New York of the middle-lower class.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading Five in the second.
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From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading In contradistinction to “small-town stuff,” it was “big-town.”
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading Annan’s dreary, unpleasant and brilliantly ugly novel was published in April.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading There were three printings in the first week.
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From this reading New York of the middle-lower class.
