The World at her Feet: Cultural Embassy in the Post- War English Ballet Novel

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  • Pamela Knights

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2000vol10no2art1347

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Noel Streatfeild, Ballet Shoes, Lorna Hill, Sadler's Wells series, Dancing Peel series, Patience series, Mabel Esther Allan, Jean Estoril, Drina series, ballet

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“ The World at her Feet: Cultural Embassy in the Post- War English Ballet Novel” (2000) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 10(2), pp. 22–34. doi:10.21153/pecl2000vol10no2art1347.

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