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Book Title: Ten Days in a Mad-House
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Nellie Bly
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Classics
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 5.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 74 Pages