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1601 By Mark Twain

1601

By Mark Twain

  • Release Date: 1911-01-01
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
  • Free
Score: 4
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Description

"1601 is a supposititious conversation which takes place in Queen Elizabeth's closet in that year, between the Queen, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Sir Walter Raleigh, the Duchess of Bilgewater, and one or two others .1601 depicts a highfalutin and earthy discussion between the Queen and her court about farting and a variety of sexual peccadillos, narrated disapprovingly and sanctimoniously by the Queen's Cup-Bearer, an eyewitness.