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On the Beach at Night Alone Penguin Little Black Classics
WALT WHITMAN
PENGUIN ANANDA/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
RUSSIAN LITERATURE A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
CATRIONA KELLY
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Reading A Very Short Introduction
BELINDA JACK
Humour A Very Short Introduction
NOEL CARROLL
SCIENCE FICTION A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
DAVID SEED
ENGLISH LITERATURE A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
JONATHAN BATE
Comedy A Very Short Introduction
MATTHEW BEVIS
RHETORIC A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
RICHARD TOYE
Classical Literature A Very Short Introduction
WILLIAM ALLAN
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