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        <itunes:subtitle>Bedtime stories for lovers of the fantastic and the macabre</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Matilda</itunes:author>
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                <itunes:title>Edgar Allan Poe&#39;s &#34;Morella&#34;</itunes:title>
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