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These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Brontë's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Brontë's early writing.
Title: Stancliffe’s hotel
Original: Stancliffe’s hotel
Category: Novel
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Year: 2016
Pgs: 110
Weight: 0.100 kg
ISBN: 978-0-241-25170-6
This book is in English
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.'
These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Brontë's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Brontë's early writing.
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