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Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end...
Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end...
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- Kate DiCamillo
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1964; activity date not established; Wikidata Q467066, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467066 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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