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Cassandra at the Wedding

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Year 2005 Edition year
Pages 238 Mid-length read
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Cassandra at the Wedding by DOROTHY BAKER is cataloged here as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. Edition metadata currently lists 2005 • Virago Press Ltd • 238 pages, which is useful for judging scope and pace.

Edition on file: 2005 • Virago Press Ltd • 238 pages • ISBN 9780860682448.

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