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Reading to Stay Alive

Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence

Christopher Dowrick

Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being



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ISBN: 9781785278921

Pages: 162

Pub Date: July 2022

Imprint: Anthem Press

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