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Guide to Further Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Edited by
Owen Heathcote  and
Andrew Watts
Owen Heathcote
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Andrew Watts
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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The Cambridge Companion to Balzac , pp. 200 - 206
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