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Gentleman Jack

Gentleman Jack

Gentleman Jack

Patricia Hughes

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2019
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9780244509286
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''I propose from this day to keep an exact journal, to accustom me to set a due value on my time.''For Gentleman Jack - Anne Lister - 1817 marks the end of many ambitions, and the start of the rest of her life. Her true love is gone forever; she knows she is an ’oddity’; and she has no money.She returns to live quietly with her aunt and uncle. But slowly her life begins to change.

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