Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered. — William Makepeace Thackeray

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Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered.

William Makepeace Thackeray

The Virginians · 1859

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Nature of women Women

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Historical fiction

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Novel

Time

1859

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century. Bradbury and Evans, 1 Nov. 1857 - 1 Nov. 1859.

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