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The Indian Stories of F. W. Bain
by F. W. Bain
Three of F. W. Bain's ornate Hindu romances — The Descent of the Sun, A Heifer of the Dawn, and In the Great God's Hair.
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by F. W. Bain
Three of F. W. Bain's ornate Hindu romances — The Descent of the Sun, A Heifer of the Dawn, and In the Great God's Hair.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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by Rabindranath Tagore
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