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    • <p>Named by The Observer as one of the</p>

    <p>"A gem of a place" (New York Times)</p>

    <p>BOOK TOKEN</p>

    <p>THE PERFECT PRESENT</p>

    <p>A BOOK A MONTH</p>

    <p>PERSEPHONE CLASSICS</p>

    <p>'A unique publishing house that champions female authors'</p>

    Persephone Books, Bath Todd Harvey

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    Welcome to Persephone Books

    Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction, mostly by women writers and mostly dating from the mid-twentieth century. All of our 150 books are intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written. As well as novels we publish short stories, diaries, memoirs, poetry, gardening books and cookery books; each title has an elegant grey jacket and a patterned endpaper, along with a matching bookmark.

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    Latest books

    The Third Persephone Book of Short Stories

    The Third Persephone Book of Short Stories

    £14.00

    William – an Englishman (Classic edition)

    William – an Englishman (Classic edition)

    £11.00

    Sofia Petrovna

    Sofia Petrovna

    £14.00

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