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Detskai͡a kniga

by A. S. Byatt

Women authorsFictionChildren and adultsRunaway childrenCountry homesFamily secretsWorld War, 1914-1918Écrivaines

A tale spanning the end of the Victorian era through World War I finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway and exposing the boy to dark truths about her family's summer bacchanals at their rambling country house.

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Book data: Open Library