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Canterbury Tales , THE LITERARY WORK
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BORN: 1885, Rungsted, Denmark
DIED: 1962, Rungsted, Denmark
NATIONALITY: Danish
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
O… Old , old in a number of names, or indicating an established and unchanging system.
Old Bailey the Central Criminal Court in London, formerly standing in a…
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