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To wit : skin and bones of comedy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilliatt, Penelope
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner's : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1990]
Subjects:	Wit and humor > History and criticism. Wit and humor > Psychological aspects. Comedy > History and criticism. Comic, The, in literature.

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