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doris lessing

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Les⋅sing

  [les-ing]
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–noun
1. Doris (May), born 1919, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia.
2. Gott⋅hold E⋅phra⋅im  [gawt-hawlt ey-frah-im] , 1729–81, German critic and dramatist.
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Les·sing   (lěs'ĭng)   
British writer known for her five-volume series Children of Violence (1952-1969) and for The Golden Notebook (1962).
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Lessing, Doris

A twentieth-century British writer known for her vividly realistic and feminist novels, including the five-volume series Children of Violence and The Golden Notebook. She also wrote short stories, collected in volumes such as African Stories.

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