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Literary Heroine Who Described Herself As Poor Obscure Plain And Little

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noun

• a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent

35%7 A woman who prides herself on her literary knowledge
noun

• a woman having literary or intellectual interests

35%15 She established herself as a poet and literary critic before turning to fiction
noun

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

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