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Barbu
DELAVRANCEA
APUS DE SOARE
CUPRINS
Not[ asupra edi\iei........................................................................................2

Tabel cronologic ...........................................................................................3
APUS DE SOARE...........................................................................................5
VIFORUL .....................................................................................................72
LUCEAF{ RUL............................................................................................160
SULT{ NICA...............................................................................................263
Referin\e critice.........................................................................................286
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NOT{ ASUPRA EDI| IEI
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Delavrancea, Opere, edi\ie ]ngrijit[ , studiu introductiv, note =i
variante, glosar =i bibliografie de Emilia +t. Milicescu, Editura
pentru Literatur[ , Bucure=ti, vol. I (1965), vol. II (1965), vol.
III ( 1967) =i Barbu Delavrancea, APUS DE SOARE, edi\ie
]ngrigit[ de Emilia Milicescu, prefa\[ =i tabel cronologic de
Teodor Vârgolici, Editura Minerva, Bucure=ti, 1971, colec\ia
"Biblioteca pentru to\i".
Coperta: A Colâbneac
ISBN 9975-904-09-2 © «LITERA»

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