A.S. Byatt

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The Children's Book (Knopf)
As the vast array of subjects presented in A.S. Byatt's The Children's Book parades past — puppetry, women's rights, Fabianism, Peter Pan, education, children's fiction, the history of pottery glazes — one can't help but wonder: how does it all hold together? Everything in the book refers to England before World War I, but still, what an assemblage of fascinating parts!

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A.S. Byatt: author, 'The Children's Book'

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