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\r\n\r\n‘Don’t worry about us, Mam’selle dear,’ smiled Miranda. ‘We shall only be gone a very little while.’ But they weren’t. By turns eerie, haunting and thrilling, Joan Lindsay’s story of vanishing schoolgirls is one of Australia’s greatest mysteries. Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country’s most memorable children’s books in the Penguin Australia Chlidren’s Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Title: <\/strong>\u00a0Picnic At Hanging Rock<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Author: <\/strong>\u00a0Joan Lindsay<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ISBN: <\/strong>\u00a09780140000000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subtitle: <\/strong>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Genre: <\/strong>\u00a0Fiction<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a024590<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Publisher: <\/strong>\u00a0F. W. Cheshire<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Language: <\/strong>\u00a0English<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Format: <\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Pages: <\/strong>\u00a0212<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Rating: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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