Strange Meeting
by Susan Hill
Strange Meeting is a First World War novel by Susan Hill, first published in London by Hamish Hamilton in October 1971, with a Penguin paperback in 1974. It takes its title from a poem by Wilfred Owen.
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- Hamish Hamilton, 1971
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- Hamish Hamilton, London, 1971
The first edition of Strange Meeting by Susan Hill was published in London by Hamish Hamilton in 1971. We track 1 edition.
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Who published the first edition of Strange Meeting?
The first edition of Strange Meeting by Susan Hill was published in London by Hamish Hamilton in 1971.
How many editions of Strange Meeting are there?
We track 1 edition of Strange Meeting, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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- Strange Meeting (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Susan Hill, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Strange meeting (London: Hamilton, 1971), Internet Archive (archive.org)
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