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Name: Un certain sourire
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Françoise Sagan

"Un certain sourire" is a romance novel written in French by Françoise Sagan. Available in English translation, the text is noted to have missing pages—specifically pages 50, 51, 90, and 91—making it incomplete.

First publish date: 1979

Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance

Authors: Françoise Sagan

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