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Download or read book Dictionary of English Literature Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors and Their Works written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Dictionary of English Literature Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors and Their Works written by William Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dictionary of English Authors Biographical and Bibliographical Being a Compendious Account of the Lives and Writings of Upwards of 800 British and American Writers from the Year 1400 to the Present Time written by Robert Farquharson Sharp and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1978 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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