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| Title | Tales and Novels: Castle Rackrent. An essay on Irish bulls. An essay on the noble science of self-justification Volume 1 of Tales and Novels, Maria Edgeworth |
| Author | Maria Edgeworth |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1835 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Mar 2008 |
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