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What was the original title of A. S. Byatt's first novel?

  • The Shadow of the Sun

  • Shadow of a Sun

  • Game of Shadows

  • Beneath the Sun

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The Shadow of the Sun is the original title of A. S. Byatt's first novel, which was published under the title The Virgin in the Garden in 1978. The novel follows the story of a young woman named Cecilia who is raised by her widowed father and his sister, and who comes to terms with her own sexuality and identity.
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