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Author(s):Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):Edward Ardizzone
Editor(s):Percy S. Winter
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Year Published: 1955
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Fiction - Novel
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 352
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 30196221

Description

This is an abridged version of Dickens' novel about the law’s delay.

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