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TOLD BY AN IDIOT
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
POTTERISM
DANGEROUS AGES
MYSTERY AT GENEVA
Published by BONI AND LIVERIGHT NEW YORK
TOLD BY AN IDIOT
BY
ROSE MACAULAY

BONI AND LIVERIGHT PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK
TOLD BY AN IDIOT
Copyright, 1923, by BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.... Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5.
L’histoire, comme une idiote, mécaniquement se répète. Paul Morand: “Fermé la nuit.”
PART I. VICTORIAN
PART II. FIN-DE-SIÈCLE.
PART III. EDWARDIAN.
PART IV. GEORGIAN. First Period: Circus. Second Period: Smash. Third Period: Débris.