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Lady Chatterley’s Lover and the Condition-of-England Novel
- Nils Clausson
- ESC: English Studies in Canada
- Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English
- Volume 8, Number 3, September 1982
- pp. 296-310
- 10.1353/esc.1982.0033
- Article
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ISSN | 1913-4835 |
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Print ISSN | 0317-0802 |
Pages | pp. 296-310 |
Launched on MUSE | 2019-04-03 |
Open Access | No |
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