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20th Century Anecdotes
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"This diverting dictionary records some of the century's wittiest stories about everything from ABDICATION and ABSENTMINDEDNESS to WAR and WEALTH. Arranged alphabetically by theme, each section contains several anecdotes from many different sources. ACTING, for example, is one of the larger sections, and contains amusing Geilgud, Richardson and Olivier stories along with stories about Joyce Grenfell, Charles Laughton, Edith Evans, Noel Coward and many more.
Other anecdotes concern Harpo Marx and GUESTS, Cecil Beaton and OSTENTATION, and Colonel Qaddafi and VANITY. "
"This diverting dictionary records some of the century's wittiest stories about everything from ABDICATION and ABSENTMINDEDNESS to WAR and WEALTH. Arranged alphabetically by theme, each section contains several anecdotes from many different sources. ACTING, for example, is one of the larger sections, and contains amusing Geilgud, Richardson and Olivier stories along with stories about Joyce Grenfell, Charles Laughton, Edith Evans, Noel Coward and many more.
Other anecdotes concern Harpo Marx and GUESTS, Cecil Beaton and OSTENTATION, and Colonel Qaddafi and VANITY. "
499 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1990
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