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Nov 2024
26m 26s

THE REVERSIBLE LANDSCAPE by FRANK STOCKT...

JON HAGADORN
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Frank Stockton uses clever humor to poke fun at manufactured art in this humurous piece about a man who, while seeking to help out his local fire department using a money-making scheme, purchases a mass-produced piece of art with the hopes of raffling it off for many times its value. 

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