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    Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People
    Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People
    Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People
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    Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People

    By Ronald Firbank

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    Odette: A Fairy Tale For Weary People is a short story by Ronald Firbank. Odette is a young girl living in the city of Tours, France; and is adamant that she has the capability to see the Virgin Mary for herself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 3, 2019
    ISBN4057664572981
    Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People
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    Ronald Firbank

    Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was born in London in 1886 and was an experimental novelist. Throughout his career he has been championed by English novelists including E.M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Alan Hollinghurst and Simon Raven, writing novels such as Valmouth and The Flower Beneath the Foot and six other short novels. He died in Rome in 1926 and is buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.

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