Anyone taking classics or history for the prestige is eithe… - Laura Penny

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Anyone taking classics or history for the prestige is either at Oxford or stuck in 1909.

Laura Penny

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About Laura Penny

Laura Penny (born 1975) was born in Nova Scotia and currently teaches English at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York. Ms. Penny has worked as a bookstore clerk, a student activist, a union organizer, and a university instructor.

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Anyone taking classics or history for the prestige is either at Oxford or stuck in 1909. - Laura Penny

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