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基本信息 商品名称: Tess of the d Urbervilles-德伯家的苔丝-英文 出版社: 云南人民出版社图书发行部 出版时间: 2018-12-01 作者: 托马斯.哈代 译者: 开本: 32开 定价: 68.00 页数: 394 印次: 1 ISBN号: 9787222177505 商品类型: 图书 版次: 1