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Call Numbers for Austen books in Wyndham Robertson Library
English Literature, Creative Works, History & Criticism
PR 1-56, Literary History and Criticism
PR 57-78, Criticism
PR 441-469, by Period, 18th Century, 19th Century
PR 500-614, Poetry
PR 1098-1369, Collections of English Literature
PR 3291-3785, 17th and 18th Centuries (1640-1770)
PR 3991-5990, 19th Century (1770 - 1900)
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