The Summer Before the Dark
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- 1
- First edition
- Jonathan Cape, 1973
The first edition of The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing was published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1973. We track 1 edition.
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- 33 on Open Library, 13 in English
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Who published the first edition of The Summer Before the Dark?
The first edition of The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing was published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1973.
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