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Graustark

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[grou-stahrk, graw-] / ˈgraʊ stɑrk, ˈgrɔ- /

noun

  1. a novel (1901) by George Barr McCutcheon about the romantic and melodramatic adventures of military and courtly figures in the fictional kingdom of Graustark.


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Next year he got another in George Barr McCutcheon's Graustark.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kraft's version emerged as pure Graustark, with not a Communist in sight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The very authenticity of the surroundings helps to betray the story and characters as strictly from Graustark.

From Time Magazine Archive

And even Graustark is betrayed: moviegoers willing to take swashbuckling romance on its own easygoing terms are likely to chafe at the film's portentous pace and the political airs it puts on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week it had been Beverly of Graustark and the same two weeks before that.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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