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She published the book through Fourth Estate, then an imprint of HarperCollins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Fourth Estate are supposed to be the guardians of democracy.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

His film envisions the Fourth Estate as a check on extremism and authoritarianism.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

It’s an open-and-shut case of bias by omission from the Fourth Estate: If you don’t see it and can’t read it, it doesn’t exist.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 2023

As for the Fourth Estate of the novel—description—it had rarely been attempted even by the great masters.

From The English Novel by George Saintsbury


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