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Wessex Tales, By Thomas Hardy A Novel (World's Classics): Wessex Tales: Tha...

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Book Title: Wessex Tales , by Thomas Hardy a NOVEL (World's Classics) : Wessex Tales : That Is to Say : an Imaginative Woman, the Three Strangers, the Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, the Distracted Preacher

Item Length: 10in.

Item Height: 0.3in.

Item Width: 8in.

Author: Thomas Hardy

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2016

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 13.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 140 Pages

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