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The Virgin is the 1985 debut novel by Nigerian writer Bayo Adebowale.The novel, published in 1985, narrated the dilemma of a village young girl who must choose between three suitors, who is deflowered and agonizes about her secret being discovered on her wedding night. Scholar Wendy Griswold classifies The Virgin as a "village novel", a book that deals with the mores of a traditional Nigerian village, in the same vein as some works by Chinua Achebe.

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  • The Virgin is the 1985 debut novel by Nigerian writer Bayo Adebowale.The novel, published in 1985, narrated the dilemma of a village young girl who must choose between three suitors, who is deflowered and agonizes about her secret being discovered on her wedding night. Scholar Wendy Griswold classifies The Virgin as a "village novel", a book that deals with the mores of a traditional Nigerian village, in the same vein as some works by Chinua Achebe. (en)
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  • 978-33029-1-4
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  • 116 (xsd:positiveInteger)
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  • 633633330
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  • Novel (en)
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  • 978 (xsd:integer)
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  • English (en)
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  • Print (en)
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  • The Virgin (en)
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  • Bounty press and Paperback Publishers, Ibadan (en)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
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  • Egret romance & thrillers (en)
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  • Bounty press and Paperback Publishers, Ibadan
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  • The Virgin is the 1985 debut novel by Nigerian writer Bayo Adebowale.The novel, published in 1985, narrated the dilemma of a village young girl who must choose between three suitors, who is deflowered and agonizes about her secret being discovered on her wedding night. Scholar Wendy Griswold classifies The Virgin as a "village novel", a book that deals with the mores of a traditional Nigerian village, in the same vein as some works by Chinua Achebe. (en)
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  • The Virgin (novel) (en)
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  • The Virgin (en)
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