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THE GREAT PALACES OF VERSAILLES by RITA DOVE

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First Line: NOTHING NASTIER THAN A WHITE PERSON!
Last Line: while smoking her cigarette down to the very end
Subject(s): VERSAILLES, FRANCES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;
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