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- ↑ A private Venus. OCLC 776774328 . Retrieved 2016-09-05– via WorldCat.
- ↑ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 410. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
- ↑ "A Private Venus". Kirkus Reviews . 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2016-09-05.