Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ISBN-10
- 0810103281
- ISBN-13
- 9780810103283
- Series
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 171
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Author
- R. A. Waldron
Description
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
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