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THE CUSTARD HEART

THE CUSTARD HEART

DOROTHY PARKER

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LADYBIRD
Year of publication:
2018
ISBN:
978-0-241-33958-9
Pages:
64
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'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.' Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the edge by the legendary wit Dorothy Parker show the darkness beneath the surface of the Jazz Age.

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