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First published by Penguin Classics in 2021
First published in French as Betty by Presses de la Cité 1961

Copyright © Georges Simenon Limited, 1961
Translation copyright © Ros Schwartz, 2021
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Cover: Party by Peter Stampfli, 1964 © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021. Photo Bridgeman Images

ISBN: 978-0-141-99551-9

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