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... Argenteuil is wonderful in its imaginative understanding of their feelings as well as in its natural rendering of his own . This in some ways deceptively simple story is the work of a " dark child " uncorrupted by the complexity and ...
... Argenteuil is wonderful in its imaginative understanding of their feelings as well as in its natural rendering of his own . This in some ways deceptively simple story is the work of a " dark child " uncorrupted by the complexity and ...
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... Argenteuil . " Do you know where Argenteuil is ? " asked my father . " No , " I said , " I'll go and have a look . " I went and looked it up in my dictionary and I saw that Argenteuil was only a few miles from Paris . " It's near Paris ...
... Argenteuil . " Do you know where Argenteuil is ? " asked my father . " No , " I said , " I'll go and have a look . " I went and looked it up in my dictionary and I saw that Argenteuil was only a few miles from Paris . " It's near Paris ...
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... Argenteuil . " He unfolded a Métro map and showed me the route I should be taking in the depths of the earth . But the map meant nothing to me , and the very idea of travelling underground was extremely vague to me . " Are you sure you ...
... Argenteuil . " He unfolded a Métro map and showed me the route I should be taking in the depths of the earth . But the map meant nothing to me , and the very idea of travelling underground was extremely vague to me . " Are you sure you ...
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