Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and BookmenShorter, Clement King
History
Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen
Shorter, Clement King
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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The Dreams of Dania
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Orgeas and Miradou
With other Pieces
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The House of Dreams
_An Allegory_
By an Anonymous Author.
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