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Book Title: Sylvia's Lovers (Complete and Unabridged)
Number of Pages: 318 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Historical
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 24.5 Oz
Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
