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The infamous friendship breakup between authors Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen is the subject of Francine Prose's latest novel

Five Weeks in the Country, for which PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover, charts the tumultuous summer that Andersen stayed with the Dickens family in the countryside

The novel is due out next year from Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Readers know literary staples Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen — and in a new book, Francine Prose charts a tumultuous summer in both authors’ lives.

Prose has shared the cover of her forthcoming novel, Five Weeks in the Country , exclusively with PEOPLE. The book will be published next year by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Based on true events, Five

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