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The Fearsome Inn

by Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1967

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Two witches, who practice their evil trade on lost travellers, are banished through the wisdom of a student of the holy cabala, and the power of his magic chalk.

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childrenspicture booksyoung adult
Length
short · 46 pages

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