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The Ruby in the Smoke
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- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- 1985
- Editions
- 41
- Subjects
- Social life and customs, Detective and mystery stories, Opium, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Juvenile literature, Orphans, Mystery and detective stories
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Genre
- mystery fiction
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Main subject
- orphan
- Narrative location
- London
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- publication date
- 1985-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- The Ruby in the Smoke
- set in period
- Victorian era
- form of creative work
- novel
- first line
- ON A COLD, FRETFUL AFTERNOON IN EARLY OCTOBER, 1872, hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver.
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