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message 1: by Bettie (new)

Bettie non-accredited help too - such as Branwell on Wuthering Heights and Christopher on Silmarillion?


message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 22, 2016 07:58AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Can someone help me out here? Did Oscar Wilde (#19) use a pen-name? Same goes for A.S. Byatt (#39). No idea. And as I'd love to know.... :-)

Maybe it's an idea to put the author's name/pen-name in the 'why you added this book' box? I did, anyway, just to clarify :-)


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