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[Illustration: Alexandre Dumas, Fils]
SHORT STORY
CLASSICS
(FOREIGN)
VOLUME FOUR
FRENCH I
[Illustration]
EDITED BY
William Patten
WITH
AN INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES
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