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The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles.

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The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles. / Fell, Alison S.
In: Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3, 07.2003, p. 267-277.

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Fell, AS 2003, 'The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles.', Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/39.3.267

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Fell, A. S. (2003). The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles. Forum for Modern Language Studies, 39(3), 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/39.3.267

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Fell AS. The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles. Forum for Modern Language Studies. 2003 Jul;39(3):267-277. doi: 10.1093/fmls/39.3.267

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Fell, Alison S. / The perils of a Room of One's Own : space in Simone de Beauvoir's L'invitee, Le Sang des Autres and Les Bouches Inutiles. In: Forum for Modern Language Studies. 2003 ; Vol. 39, No. 3. pp. 267-277.

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