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Stained glass, engraved glass, frosted glass give me plain glass.

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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
Stained
Plain
Glass
Glasses
Give
Giving
Frosted
Engraved

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