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Notes from a small island 1995 edition open library. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by andrea levy. This makes his writing seem more personal and it also seems. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 441 pages and is available in paperback format. Notes from a small island available for download and read online in other formats. Before new york times bestselling author bill bryson wrote the road to little dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of great britain, which has produced zebra crossings, shakespeare, twiggie. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on andrea levys small island. Firstly, as i noted above, bryson is a brilliant writerand, unfortunately, he knows this. Has notes from a small island by bill bryson been sitting on your reading list. Small island, andrea levys 2005 historical novel, is told from the perspective of four.
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