Tale of Two Cities Barnes Nob

Dickens, Charles

ISBN 10: 1593081383 / ISBN 13: 9781593081386

Verlag: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00108340774

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Gillen D’Arcy Wood received his Ph.D in English from Columbia University in 2000 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760–1860.

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Titel: Tale of Two Cities Barnes Nob
Verlag: Barnes & Noble Classics
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good