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A House to Let

Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Adelaide Ann Procter, Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher: Project Gutenberg

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"A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter and the story was edited by Dickens.
Available since: 09/01/2000.

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