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Title: The nightingale

Author: H. C. Andersen

Illustrator: Mary J. Newill

Translator: H. W. Dulcken

Release date: July 2, 2023 [eBook #71096]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: R. H. Russel, 1898

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The Nightingale

BY HANS ANDERSEN

NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL, MDCCCXCVIII