Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published by Michael Joseph 1962
Published in Penguin Books 1964
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Copyright © Doris Lessing, 1962
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Cox & Wyman Ltd, London, Reading and Fakenham
Set in Monotype Times and Monotype Garamond
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