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A short story is simplification to the highest degree

Henry Seidel Canby

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Henry Seidel Canby
Age: 82 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 6
Died: 1961
Died: April 5
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Literary Critic
Non-Fiction Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
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Stories
Simplification
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Degrees
Short
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