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In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force

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Angela Carter
Age: 51 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 7
Died: 1992
Died: February 16
Author
Journalist
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Writer
Eastbourne
Sussex
Angela Olive Stalker Carter
Angela Olive Carter
Angela Olive Stalker
Angela Olive Pearce
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Sell
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Force
Commodities
Away
Refuses
Women
Commodity

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