Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

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1994, Jennifer R. Waelti-Walters, Steven C. Hause (editors), Feminisms of the Belle Epoque: A Historical and Literary Anthology, University of Nebraska Press.

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