The Shorter Poems (Penguin Classics)
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The Shorter Poems (Penguin Classics) by Edmund Spenser is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 1999 • Penguin Group USA • 780 pages.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780140434453
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