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Story LanePublished 1867

The Claverings

by Anthony Trollope

Pages

272

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Accessible

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Editorial

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4

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  1. Chapter Xiv
  2. Chapter Xv
  3. Chapter Xvi
  4. Chapter Xvii
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assert len(IS_NEW_CATALOG) == 50

# Extra alternates if cover/text validation fails
IS_BACKUPS: list[tuple[str, str, str, int, str, int]] = [
    ("the-stolen-white-elephant", "The Stolen White Elephant", "Mark Twain", 1882, "classics", 3189),
    ("the-stolen-body", "The Stolen Body", "H. G. Wells", 1898, "science-fiction", 1212),
    ("the-mysterious-card", "The Mysterious CardCase Files
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