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What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist?

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Angela Carter
Age: 51 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 7
Died: 1992
Died: February 16
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Journalist
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Eastbourne
Sussex
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