Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian Ireland.by W. J. McCormack
โ Scribed by Review by: Kevin Sullivan
- Book ID
- 124928551
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Year
- 1981
- Weight
- 440 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1949-1986
- DOI
- 10.2307/3044889
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