An edition of The Recognitions (1955)

The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)

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An edition of The Recognitions (1955)

The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)

by

  • ★★ ★ 2.8 (4 ratings) ·
  • 56 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

A novel of forgery, emotional and spiritual, as well as actual, with background ranging from New York and New England to a monastery outside Madrid.

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Penguin Classics, Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
976

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Subjects

American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Fiction, Art, Forgeries, Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Forgery, Philosophy, Art forgers

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Cover of: The recognitions
The recognitions
2012, Dalkey Archive Press
in English - 1st Dalkey Archive ed.
Cover of: The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)
The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)
May 1, 1993, Penguin Classics, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)
The Recognitions (Penguin Classics)
May 1, 1993, Penguin Classics
Paperback in English
Cover of: The recognitions
The recognitions: a novel
1985, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The recognitions
The recognitions
1955, Avon

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First Sentence

"Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ4.G124 Re, PS3557.A28 Re

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7349834M
Internet Archive
recognitions0000gadd_w3y8
ISBN 10
0140187081
ISBN 13
9780140187083
LCCN
55005247
OCLC/WorldCat
28228290, 292012
Library Thing
35551
Goodreads
395058

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Work Description

Obsessed with seventeenth-century Flemish masterpieces, Wyatt Gwyon forges original artwork amazingly faithful to the spirit and techniques of the time.

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Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality.
added anonymously.
Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality.
added anonymously.

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