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The City & The City
Edith Nesbit
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Literature 2009
The City & The City
see-and-unsee disciplinetwin-city noirurban weird policing
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
Synopsis
An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.
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Edith Nesbit, 2009 — The City & The City
An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.
Editorial note
Lets the memory thread settle into a deeper literature form.
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
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Why this work is here
An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.
Selected for cultural longevity · regional significance · editorial selection · thematic depth
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