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User Review - le.vert.galant - LibraryThingAn erudite meditation on ruins and their romantic and philosophical evocations. After some general observations in the initial pages, the book settles into a travelogue of famous sites with ... Read full review
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| Title | Pleasure of Ruins |
| Author | Rose Macaulay |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 466 pages |
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