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Introduction, Notes on the text, Further reading, and Notes
© Mark Le Fanu, 1982
Chronology © Leon Edel 1963

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First published 1880
First published as a World's Classics paperback 1982
Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1998

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I. Le Fanu, Mark. II. Title.

PS2116.W3 1982 813′.4 82-8079

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