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Emily Bronte
by Bernard Bastable
ISBN: 0195216563
ISBN-13: 9780195216561
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published date: 2000
Size: 8.25 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.36 pounds
Pages: 112
Publisher's Notes
Examines the English novelist's protected childhood growing up in the Yorkshire moors, her sometimes strange mannerisms, her aversion to relationships, and the real-life experiences and surroundings reflected in "Wuthering Heights."
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Emily Bronte (The British Library Writers' Lives)
Robert Barnard
Oxford University Press, USA. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Emily Bronte (The British Library Writers' Lives)
Barnard, Robert
New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 2000. Hardcover. Pristine pictorial hard cover; ex library with the usual library stamps but in unused condition. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . ( more information) Offered by Julie Lynch, Bookseller (United States)
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