Winter's tale, Mark Helprin
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Winter's tale, Mark Helprin
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eng
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fiction
Main title
Winter's tale
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Mark Helprin
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A Harvest book
Summary
One winter night, Peter Lake--master mechanic and second-story man--attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love so powerful that Peter Lake, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead
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