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Motif file

stiff upper lips

4 authors · 3 constellations

Authors who bear this motif

Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

Henry James

Henry James

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Often appears alongside

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colonial outposts

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hidden scandals

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lost opportunities

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manicured gardens

urban decay

bureaucracy

stiff upper lips | motif | rare tomes