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Gomorrah

also: Гоморра, Гоморры

The biblical city, twinned with Sodom, destroyed by divine judgment for its wickedness (Genesis 19); invoked here as shorthand for shameless depravity, its lies and shamelessness folded into champagne's glittering, corrupt personification.

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Champagne Stories · 1 mention
To A. I. Urusov, 3 May 1891. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

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