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Book Title: Citizens of Somewhere Else : Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5in
Author: Dan E. Mccall
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American / General
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
