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Dark Places

by Kate Grenville · 1994

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Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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