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- ↑ Potter, Franz J. (2013). "Lemoine, Ann". In William Hughes; David Punter; Andrew Smith (eds.). The Encyclopedia of the Gothic. Wiley Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118398500.wbeotgl004. ISBN 9781118398500.
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