Copyright

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First published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd 1980
Previously published in paperback by Flamingo 1997, 1988 and 2003
First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2014

Copyright © Penelope Fitzgerald 1980
Introduction © Mark Damazer 2014
Preface © Hermione Lee 2013
Series advisory editor: Hermione Lee

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Cover photograph © Corbis

Penelope Fitzgerald asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Source ISBN: 9780006542544
Ebook Edition © January 2014 ISBN: 9780007373819
Version: 2014-01-22

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