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The Boat

First US edition
Author	L.P. Hartley
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publisher	Putnam (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	1949
Media type	Print

The Boat is a 1949 novel by British writer L.P. Hartley. ^[1] An English writer returns home from Venice, and takes residence in a house by a river where he can indulge his passion in rowing.

References

Bibliography

• Wright, Adrian. Foreign Country: The Life of L.P. Hartley. I. B. Tauris, 2001.

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