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| Author | Caryl Rivers |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Followed by | Girls Forever Brave and True |
Virgins is a 1984 novel written by Caryl Rivers. [1] [2] [3] Rivers wrote a 1986 sequel called Girls Forever Brave and True .
A coming of age story of Catholic high school girls in the 1950s.
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The Satire Ménippée or La Satyre Ménippée de la vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne was a political and satirical work in prose and verse that mercilessly parodied the Catholic League and Spanish pretensions during the Wars of Religion in France, and championed the idea of an independent but Catholic France. The work was a collaborative effort of various functionaries, lawyers, clerics and scholars. It appeared at a time that coincided with the ascendance of Henry IV of France and the defeat of the League.
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