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Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol.
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
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React
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Parasol
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