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A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children.
A. S. Byatt
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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
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Sheffield
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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Antonia Susan Drabble
Antonia Susan Duffy
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