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The Kentons

The Kentons

William Dean Howells

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1st World Library - Literary Society
Año de edición:
2006
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Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781421825113
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The Kentons were not rich, but they were certainly richer than the average in the pleasant county town of the Middle West, where they had spent nearly their whole married life. As their circumstances had grown easier, they had mellowed more and more in th

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