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Arthur Ransome
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English author and journalist (1884–1967)

Also known as: Arthur Michell Ransome, Артур Рэнсом, آرثر رانسوم, 아서 랜섬, アーサー・ランサム, 亞瑟·蘭塞姆

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Known works

  • Peter Duck (1932)
  • Old Peter's Russian tales (1916)
  • Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons #2) (1931)
  • We didn't mean to go to sea (1937)
  • The fool of the world and the flying ship (1968)