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Sylvia Townsend Warner: Notes about Her Childhood
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These notes about the childhood of Sylvia Townsend Warner were dictated by Warner to Valentine Ackland in 1965. They record her early memories of the houses where she was brought up, the schooling she received (most of it at home) and her holiday visits in England, Wales and Ireland.
Title: Sylvia Townsend Warner: Notes about Her Childhood
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These notes about the childhood of Sylvia Townsend Warner were dictated by Warner to Valentine Ackland in 1965.
They record her early memories of the houses where she was brought up, the schooling she received (most of it at home) and her holiday visits in England, Wales and Ireland.
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