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The Village and The Newspaper

by George Crabbe

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George Crabbe was an English poet and naturalist. He was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and developed his love of poetry as a child. By the time he went to London, he had little success, but eventually got the chance to have his poem, The Library, published in 1781.

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