Стивен Кинг (Stephen King)S t e p h e n
KING
MISERY
Hodder & Stoughton
Copyright © 1987 by Stephen King
First published in Great Britain in 1987 by Hodder and Stoughton Limited
First New English Library edition 1988
Eighteenth impression 1992
British Library C.I.P.
King, Stephen 1947-
Misery.
I. Title
813'.54[F] PS3561:1483
ISBN 0 450 41739 5
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This is for Stephanie and Jim Leonard, who know why.
Boy, do they.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
'King of the Road' by Roger Miller. © 1964 Tree Publishing co., Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the publisher.
'The Collector' by John Fowles. © 1963 by John Fowles. Reproduced by permission of Jonathan Cape Ltd.