Virtue in Distress: Studies in the Novel of Sentiment from Richardson to SadeMacmillan, 1974 - 306 pages Step inside Fancy Feathers Talent School, the most exciting school in town! Coco Crocodile is rehearsing her song and Billie the Pig has a dance to perfect - and all in time for the evening show! But the Fox Clowns are in a muddle and Albert the Magician has made his assistant vanish, COMPLETELY! Now everyone needs a costume and time is running out. But you know what they say? The show MUST go on ... Full of fun, bursting with characters and packed with comic detail, as well as tutus, tantrums and TALENT! |
Contents
The Sentimental Traveller | 3 |
An Attempt at Definition | 11 |
A Note on the French | 56 |
Copyright | |
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