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Hepburn and Garbo

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about Katharine Hepburn and Greta Garbo. this one kind of bored me since I know and care so little about either actress

Smith, Z. (2009). Hepburn and Garbo. In Smith, Z. Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays. The Penguin Press HC, pp. 151-165

(noun) the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition

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sat high up by the cornice of the ceiling

—p.151 by Zadie Smith
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sat high up by the cornice of the ceiling

—p.151 by Zadie Smith
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(noun) mental suffering or anguish; grief

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her own European dolor

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her own European dolor

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(noun) a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior

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it was too refined, hoydenish and superior

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it was too refined, hoydenish and superior

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(noun) a woman who is an aviator

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an aristocratic aviatrix

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an aristocratic aviatrix

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(noun) dramatic entertainment featuring the gruesome or horrible

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for the grand guignol of Suddenly, Last Summer

—p.157 by Zadie Smith
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for the grand guignol of Suddenly, Last Summer

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a French sculptor; generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture

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more Rodin than raunch

I assumed it was some non-raunchy artist but I didn't know who exactly

—p.161 by Zadie Smith
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more Rodin than raunch

I assumed it was some non-raunchy artist but I didn't know who exactly

—p.161 by Zadie Smith
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a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness; coined by German author Jean Paul

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And then there is that sense of European ennui, of weltschmerz, that no MGM player had projected before.

—p.162 by Zadie Smith
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And then there is that sense of European ennui, of weltschmerz, that no MGM player had projected before.

—p.162 by Zadie Smith
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