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PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Reader
ISBN: 9781448204410
PAGES: 315 p.
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The Merry Muse
‘Immortal impropriety’, in the shape of a hitherto unknown manuscript by Robert Burns, is found among the effects of a dead schoolmaster of impeccable reputation. Despite the scandal it threatens, his widow cannot afford to conceal it, for it is worth a great sum of money.
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Deborah Orr
Deborah Orr was an award-winning journalist, whose work regularly appeared in the GUARDIAN, the INDEPENDENT, THE SUNDAY TIMES and in many magazines including VOGUE, GRAZIA and MARIE CLAIRE. She was a contributing editor to ANOTHER MAGAZINE and was the …
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