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Period Piece

by Gwen Raverat · 1952

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Memories of a turn-of-the-century childhood by the granddaughter of Charles Darwin

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of this
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VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisCambridgeCambridgeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 290 pages

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