Hard Times (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

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9781593081560: Hard Times (Barnes & Noble Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1593081561 ISBN 13: 9781593081560

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction.

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