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A Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays: A Mad World, My Masters; Michaelmas Term; A trick to Catch the Old One; No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's (Oxford World's Classics)

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Year 2003 Edition year
Pages 416 Mid-length read
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Based on the metadata we have, A Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays: A Mad World, My Masters; Michaelmas Term; A trick to Catch the Old One; No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Middleton ; Michael Taylor ; Michael Cordner looks closest to a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. The copy on file shows 2003 • Oxford Univ Pr • 416 pages, giving you a quick sense of scale and reading commitment.

Edition on file: 2003 • Oxford Univ Pr • 416 pages • ISBN 9780192834553.

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A Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays: A Mad World, My Masters; Michaelmas Term; A trick to Catch the Old One; No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Middleton ; Michael Taylor ; Michael Cordner lands like a steady focused reader pick that looks easy to sample and quick to understand.

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