Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published by Victor Gollancz 1953
Published in Penguin Books 1972
Copyright © I. Compton-Burnett, 1953
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Made and printed in Great Britain by
Cox & Wyman Ltd, London, Reading and Fakenham
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