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Lawrence durrell was a british novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. Justine the alexandria quartet book 1 kindle edition by durrell. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read justine. That said it remains a work that evokes an alexandria that has since been pretty comprehensively trampled in to the dust by a billion tourists feet. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Clea, published in 1960, is the fourth volume in the alexandria quartet series by british author lawrence durrell.
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