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Peonies and Ponies

Harold Acton

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Description:Penguin mass market paperbacks of the early to mid twentieth century are classics of design. Different colors were used to designate genres in the early publications. Red was for fiction. Harold Acton, the author, was considered the model for Anthony Blanche in "Brideshead Revisted". Waugh denied this claim' however, his letters revealed that Acton was part of the inspiration for the character. Peonies and Ponies was originally published in 1941, then reprinted by Penguin as a mass market paperback in 1950. Acton moved from Florence to China in 1932, where he studied Chinese poetry and translation. This novel is a sharply observed portrait of expatriate life in Beijing (called Peiping at that time).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peonies and Ponies. To get started finding Peonies and Ponies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 310

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 1983

ISBN: 0195815939

Description: Penguin mass market paperbacks of the early to mid twentieth century are classics of design. Different colors were used to designate genres in the early publications. Red was for fiction. Harold Acton, the author, was considered the model for Anthony Blanche in "Brideshead Revisted". Waugh denied this claim' however, his letters revealed that Acton was part of the inspiration for the character. Peonies and Ponies was originally published in 1941, then reprinted by Penguin as a mass market paperback in 1950. Acton moved from Florence to China in 1932, where he studied Chinese poetry and translation. This novel is a sharply observed portrait of expatriate life in Beijing (called Peiping at that time).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peonies and Ponies. To get started finding Peonies and Ponies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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