About This Book
First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability – in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one.
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4h 59m
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180 WPM
3h 36m
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250 WPM
2h 34m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 53,900 words📅 8 days at 30 min/day
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