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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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Because he thought Elizabethan costumes too archaic to make G.I.s see the play in modern terms, Evans staged Hamlet as though it were played in Graustark.

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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.

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Graustein of Graustark and his associates bore these assaults in silence, watching to see what the legislature would do.

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She conferred honor on Graustark by allying it with Hollywood.

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith