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Book Title: Collected Fables of Ambrose Bierce
Number of Pages: 414 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Topic: Satire, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 21.3 Oz
Author: S. T. Joshi
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
