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 | | Florentines drove out the Medici for a second time and re-established a republic A republic, in its basic sense, is a state in which sovereignty derives ultimately from the people (however defined), rather than from an hereditary principle. |
 | | The Arno river, which cuts through the old part of the city, is as much a character in Florentine history as many of the men who lived there. |
 | | The novel is longer (40,000 words and onwards) and more complex than either the short story and the novella, is not bound by the structural and metrical restrictions of plays and poetry, and is not usually composed of the traditional plots of myth and legend (contrast with "romance"). |
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