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This is the front cover art for the book The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher or the cover artist.

This is the front book cover art from first hardcover edition of The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing or to Petra Barner, the cover artist.

Clarke, Susanna. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2006. ISBN 1596912510.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

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