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This illustrated and fully updated third edition is the most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. Covering everything from Old English to contemporary writing from all over the English-speaking world, the new edition has been brought completely up to... read more
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A Beckett, Gilbert (Abbott) 1811-56 Humorist. Born in London of an old Wiltshire family claiming descent from the father of St Thomas a Becket, he attended Westminster School and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn.
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