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Eve's Ransom by George Gissing

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Eve's Ransom
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Publisher: Lawrence & Bullen
ISBN/ASIN: B017P8EPFK
Number of pages: 379

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Eve's Ransom is a short novel concerning the efforts of a young man to, in effect, buy the affection of a mysterious young woman. Introspective, thoughtful people struggling to balance very human impulses with a sense of social responsibility.

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