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diff --git a/‎pythonnet/src/runtime/pyansistring.cs‎
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@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     <Compile Include="nativecall.cs" />
     <Compile Include="overload.cs" />
     <Compile Include="propertyobject.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="pyansistring.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pydict.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pyfloat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pyint.cs" />
 
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+public class PyAnsiString : PySequence {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// PyAnsiString Constructor
+	/// </summary>
+	///
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Creates a new PyAnsiString from an existing object reference. Note
+	/// that the instance assumes ownership of the object reference.
+	/// The object reference is not checked for type-correctness.
+	/// </remarks>
+
+	public PyAnsiString(IntPtr ptr) : base(ptr) { }
+
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// PyString Constructor
+	/// </summary>
+	///
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Copy constructor - obtain a PyAnsiString from a generic PyObject.
+	/// An ArgumentException will be thrown if the given object is not
+	/// a Python string object.
+	/// </remarks>
+
+	public PyAnsiString(PyObject o)
+		: base() {
+		if (!IsStringType(o)) {
+			throw new ArgumentException("object is not a string");
+		}
+		Runtime.Incref(o.obj);
+		obj = o.obj;
+	}
+
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// PyAnsiString Constructor
+	/// </summary>
+	///
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Creates a Python string from a managed string.
+	/// </remarks>
+
+	public PyAnsiString(string s)
+		: base() {
+		obj = Runtime.PyString_FromStringAndSize(s, s.Length);
+		if (obj == IntPtr.Zero) {
+			throw new PythonException();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// IsStringType Method
+	/// </summary>
+	///
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Returns true if the given object is a Python string.
+	/// </remarks>
+
+	public static bool IsStringType(PyObject value) {
+		return Runtime.PyString_Check(value.obj);
+	}
+}