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- ↑ Vicki K. Janik; Del Ivan Janik; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (2002). Modern British Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-313-31030-0.
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