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Mary Grant Bruce

Mary Grant Bruce, The early tales (Review)

May 19, 2014November 23, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 18 Comments

Around a month ago I wrote a Monday Musings post on the Juvenilia Press, and said that I would read and post on some of its publications. Well, here is the first of those posts. While I discovered the press through its Jane Austen juvenilia, the books I ordered were those for juvenilia by Australian authors. … Continue reading Mary Grant Bruce, The early tales (Review)

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