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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
Rebecca West
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Rebecca West
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 21
Died: 1983
Died: March 15
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Journalist
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London
England
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield
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