The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Doris Lessing) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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Published by Flamingo 1994

98765432

Previously published in paperback by Grafton 1985

Reprinted twice

First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1983

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Photograph of Doris Lessing © Ingrid von Kruse

ISBN 0 00 654722 2

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The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is the fifth in a series of novels with the overall title 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'; the first is Shikasta (1979); the second The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (1980); the third The Sirian Experiments (1981); and the fourth The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (1982).