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A PLEDGE OUT OF TIME: REDEMPTION AND THE LITERARY PAWNSHOP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2012

Elizabeth Coggin Womack
Elizabeth Coggin Womack*
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Penn State Brandywine
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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , September 2012 , pp. 451 - 467
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