Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham, Victoria First published by Chatto & Windus 1955 Published in Peregrine Books 1964 Copyright © F. R. Leavis, 1955
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