Three Musketeers (Barnes & Nob

Dumas, Alexandre

ISBN 10: 1593081480 / ISBN 13: 9781593081485

Editore: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

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Informazioni sull?autore:

Barbara T. Cooper is Professor of French at the University of New Hampshire. She is a member of the editorial boards of Nineteenth-Century French Studies and the Cahiers Alexandre Dumas and specializes in nineteenth-century French drama and works by Dumas.

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Titolo: Three Musketeers (Barnes & Nob
Casa editrice: Barnes & Noble Classics
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Acceptable
Edizione: seconda edizione