Prelude to a Million Years
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Prelude to a Million Years
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Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings is a 1933 wordless novel consisting of thirty wood engravings by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985). It was the fourth of Ward's six wordless novels, a genre Ward discovered while studying wood engraving in Europe, and delved into under the influence of the works of Frans Masereel and Otto Nückel. The symbol-rich story tells of a sculptor who, in his quest for ideal beauty, neglects the reality of the struggles of his neighbors in the dept
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Wordless novel by Lynd Ward
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_a_Million_Years
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2013-07-14T23:52:18Z
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2024-08-31T00:47:03Z
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