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From the renowned author of Possession , The Children’s Book is the absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: the deceptively languid, blissful period that ended with the cataclysmic destruction of World War I. In this compelling novel, A.S. Byatt... read more
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- Griselda
- Tom
- Elsie
- Humphry Wellwood
- Julian
- Philip
- Prosper Cain
- Hedda
- Phyllis
- Charles
- Benedict Rudd
- Imogen
- Geraint
- Wolfgang
- Arthur Dobbin
- Frank Mal
- Violet
- Katharina
- Benedict Mudd
- Karl
- Toby Youlgreave
- Joachim Susskind
- Gerald
- Robin
- Marian Oakeshott
- Ann
- Herbert Methley
- Palissy
- Marlowe
- Leon
- Basil
- Stern
- Leslie Skinner
- Harry
- Major Cain
- Rupert Brooke
- Peter
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- Florence Cain
- Pomona
- Steyning
- Cambridge
- London
- Munich
- Seraphita
- Todefright
- Garden Of England
- Lydd
- Purchase House
- Paris
- Germany
- Rye
- Winchelsea
- South Kensington Museum
- Eton
- France
- Portman Square
- South Africa
- Manchester
- Victoria
- Puxty
- Europe
- Tree House
- Italy
- Hospital
- Newnham
- Britain
- Ascona
- Russia
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Spiegelgarten
- Schwabing
- Florian
- Cinderella
- Bavaria
- Thiepval
- Windsor
- Dymchurch
- Candlestick
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Page Count: 615
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