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Doris lessing asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work this novel is entirely a work of fiction. The fourgated city by doris lessing overdrive rakuten. Doris lessing author doris lessing was born of british parents in persia in 1919 and taken to south africa at the age of. The golden notebook by doris lessing paperback harpercollins. Doris lessing books list of books by author doris lessing. Doris lessing ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Doris lessing is the author of the old chief mshlanga, a short story published in her african collection, that was the old chief country 1951.
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