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Book Title: Importance of Being Earnest
Number of Pages: 64 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: Classics, Satire, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.1 in
Genre: Drama, Fiction
Item Weight: 3.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Oscar. Wilde
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
