The Imaginary Gentleman

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National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Halstead, Helen.
The imaginary gentleman.

ISBN 978 1 74166 064 7.
ISBN 1 74166 064 5.

I. Title.

A823.4

Front cover illustration: Dorset: Lyme Regis Viewed From Charmouth, 1825 by
William Daniellnta © CORBIS/Australian Picture Library
Cover design by Christa Moffitt, Christabella Designs