The Shaving of Shagpat
by George Meredith
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Now he came to a knoll of sand under a palm from which the yellow domes and mosques of the city of Shagpat and its black cypresses and marble palace fronts and shining pillars and lofty carven arches that spanned half-circles of the hot grey sky were plainly visible.Tags
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The Shaving of Shagpat is a terrific orientalist fantasy. The language is certainly a little overwrought, including frequent bits of rhyming verse as characters offer adages and "quotations" of unnamed authorities. The story is deliciously tortuous, with constantly escalating wonders. I think it would be an awesome Studio Ghibli movie.
Some damage to leather on spine, no slipcase or Monthly Letter.
Curtis rag paper
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George Meredith 1828-1909 George Meredith was born on February 12, 1828 in Portsmouth, England. He was a poet, novelist, and essayist of Victorian England and wrote 15 full-length novels, eight collections of poetry, and numerous minor works. Meredith is best known for powerful imagery, brilliant psychological insights, and carefully chosen show more diction. His works include The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The Egoist, The Adventures of Harry Richmond, and Diana of the Crossways. His last collection of poems A Reading of Life, with Other Poems was published in 1901. In 1905 he was awarded the Order of Merit. He died on May 18, 1909. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1856
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- It was ordained that Shibli Bagarag, nephew to the renowned Baba Mustapha, chief barber to the Court of Persia, should shave Shagpat, the son of Shimpoor, the son of Shoolpi, the son of Shullum; and they had been clothiers fo... (show all)r generations, even to the time of Shagpat, the illustrious.
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- English, Russian
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- ASINs
- 15
