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What makes Persephone Books unique?
Persephone Books reprints forgotten classics by twentieth-century (mostly women) writers. Each one in our collection of seventy-eight books is intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written, and most are ideal presents or a good choice for reading groups.
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Discover our distinctive style and quality.
Our titles include novels, short stories, diaries and cookery books. They are all carefully designed with a clear typeface, a dove-grey jacket, a 'fabric' endpaper and bookmark, and a preface by writers such as Lyndall Gordon, PD James and Eva Ibbotson.
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We now have an audiobook of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day audiobook
    New Persephone books for the Spring and Summer:

The Crowded Street
by Winifred Holtby
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
by Penelope Mortimer
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A Very Great
Profession

by Nicola Beauman
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Persephone books make perfect presents for all readers.

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