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Book Title: Heathcliff and the Great Hunger : Studies in Irish Culture
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 0.8in.
Item Width: 7.4in.
Author: Terry Eagleton
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Ireland, Disasters & Disaster Relief, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 22.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
