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Book Title: Cranford (1851). NOVEL by: Elizabeth Gaskell : Cranford Is One of the Better-Known Novels of the 19th-century English Writer Elizabeth Gaskell
Number of Pages: 110 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: General
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.8 Oz
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
