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Book Title: The Novel And The Sea
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Novel and the Sea
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Social History, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Margaret Cohen
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History
Item Width: 7.9 in
Series: Translation/Transnation Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
