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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;多克特罗(E?L?Doctorrow)是美国当代为数不多的一流严肃小说家之一,他的作品在美国却颇为畅销,从1975年出版的《拉格泰姆时代》到1990年出版的《比利?巴思盖特》(Billy Bathgate)都曾经名列畅销书榜首。
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The collected stories of Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular writers of short fiction of the twentieth century
This collection brings together twenty-three of Stefan Zweig's best-loved short stories

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