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Great literary friendships /

"Close friendships are a heart-warming feature of many of our best-loved works of fiction. From the poignant schoolgirl relationship between Jane Eyre and Helen Burns to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn's adventures on the Mississippi, fictional friends have supported, guided, comforted--an...

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Main Author:	Phillips, Janet (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2022.
Subjects:	Friendship in literature. Fiction > History and criticism. Fiction. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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