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Pearl

Pearl

Giles Watson

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781291866957
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A new translation of the fourteenth century Middle English poem. (Please note: although the illustrations are in colour in the preview, they are black and white in the printed copy.)

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