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Papillon

Henri Charrière
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A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Genres: NonfictionBiographyClassicsMemoirAdventureAutobiographyHistoryFranceCrimeBiography Memoir
458 Pages

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