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      4th Estate

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF

      This Fourth Estate ebook edition published 2018

      First published in Great Britain by Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd 1978

      First published in paperback by Flamingo in 1989, 2002

      Previously published in paperback by Harper Perennial 2006 and 4th Estate in 2014

      Copyright © Penelope Fitzgerald 1978

      Introduction © David Nicholls 2013

      Preface © Hermione Lee 2013

      Series advisory editor: Hermione Lee

      Film poster © Green Films AIE, Diagonal Televisió SLU, A Contracorriente Films SL, Zephyr Films The Bookshop Ltd.

      Still photography by Aidan Monaghan.

      Penelope Fitzgerald asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008263027

      Ebook Edition © JUNE 2018 ISBN: 9780007373833

      Version: 2018-06-05