This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
THE LITTLE COUNTRY
Copyright © 1991 by Charles de Lint
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An Orb Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
De Lint, Charles.
The little country / Charles de Lint.—1st Orb ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 0-312-87649-1
1. Cornwall (England : County)—Fiction. 2. Fairies—fiction. I.
Title.
PR9199.3.D357 L58 2001
813’.54—dc21
2001016388
First Tor Edition: March 1993
First Orb Edition: April 2001
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