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    What Was It?

    By Fitz-James O'Brien

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    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateOct 21, 2015
    ISBN9781473378087
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    What Was It?
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    Fitz-James O'Brien

    Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-62) was an Irish-born American writer best known for his Gothic short stories, which are now seen as precursors of modern science fiction

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