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The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday

G.K. Chesterton / G.KChesterton

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Simon & Brown
Año de edición:
2010
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781613828595
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From The Man Who Was Thursday ''Moderate strength is shown in violence; supreme strength is shown in levity.'' ''The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.'' ''There is your precious

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