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Life-Writing

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Life-Writing. / Broughton, Trev.

Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature. Routledge, 2020.

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Broughton, T 2020, Life-Writing. in Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature. Routledge.

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Broughton, T. (2020). Life-Writing. In Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature Routledge.

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Broughton T. Life-Writing. In Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature. Routledge. 2020

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Broughton, Trev. / Life-Writing. Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature. Routledge, 2020.

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