Birds of Shakespeare

by Sir Archibald Geikie

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Published January 11, 2004 by Kessinger Publishing, LLC .
Written in

Subjects:

• Literary Criticism / Shakespeare,
• Shakespeare,
• Literary Criticism,
• Literature - Classics / Criticism

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The Physical Object
Format	Hardcover
Number of Pages	172
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL8545181M
ISBN 10	1432604503
ISBN 10	9781432604509

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