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This book starts with chaucer assaulting a friar in fleet street and ends with jk rowling winning a high court injunction. The stories collected herenearly 500 covering a span of 0 yearshave been heard and read many times over and have become almost a part of literature themselves. In addition, the source for each anecdote is given, when known, in a source list at the back of this book, preceding the bibliography. Oliver pritchett the oxford book of literary anecdotes. For information about literature, including interviews with featured authors, sample content, and more, please visit the literature subject page. Download pdf the oxford book of literary anecdotes free.
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