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Lemorne Versus HuellLemorne Versus Huell The two months I spent at Newport with Aunt Eliza Huell, who had been ordered to the sea-side for the benefit of her health, were the months that created all that is dramatic in my destiny. My aunt was troublesome, for...
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Little BritainLittle Britain In the centre of the great city of London lies a small neighborhood, consisting of a cluster of narrow streets and courts, of very venerable and debilitated houses, which goes by the name of LITTLE BRITAIN. Christ Church School and St. Bartholomews...
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Life in the Iron-Mills Or, The Korl WomanLife in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman A cloudy day: do you know what that is in a town of iron-works? The sky sank down before dawn, muddy, flat, immovable. The air is thick, clammy with the breath of crowded human beings. It...
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Reprinted PiecesReprinted PiecesWhen the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel. Such books have had a strong fascination for...
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The Love of Ulrich NebendahlThe Love of Ulrich Nebendahl COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY JEROME K. JEROME COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY Published, September, 1908 Perhaps of all, it troubled most the Herr Pfarrer. Was he not the father of the village? And as such did it not...
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Mrs. Korner Sins Her MerciesMrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies But you would not like ChristopherI mean Mr. Kornerto be that sort of man, suggested her bosom friend. I don't mean that I should like it if he did it often. But I should like to feel that he...
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The Philosopher's JokeThe Philosopher's Joke Myself, I do not believe this story. Six persons are persuaded of its truth; and the hope of these six is to convince themselves it was an hallucination. Their difficulty is there are six of them. Each one alone perceives clearly...
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The Cost of KindnessThe Cost of Kindness "And, speaking generally, my dear, is valued precisely at cost price," retorted Mr. Pennycoop, who, as an auctioneer of twenty years' experience, had enjoyed much opportunity of testing the attitude of the public towards sentiment. "I don't care what you...
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The Soul of Nicholas Snyders Or, The Miser of ZandamThe Soul of Nicholas Snyders; Or, The Miser of Zandam COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY JEROME K. JEROME COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY Published, September, 1908 Once upon a time in Zandam, which is by the Zuider Zee, there lived a wicked man named...
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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's TaleThe Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale Although an old, consistent exile, the editor of the following pages revisits now and again the city of which he exults to be a native; and there are few things more strange, more painful, or more salutary,...
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Passing of the Third Floor BackPassing of the Third Floor Back The neighbourhood of Bloomsbury Square towards four oclock of a November afternoon is not so crowded as to secure to the stranger, of appearance anything out of the common, immunity from observation. Tibbs boy, screaming at the top...
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Baby MineBaby Mine Even in college Alfred Hardy was a young man of fixed ideas and high ideals and proud of it. His friend, Jimmy Jinks, had few ideas and no ideals, and was glad of it, and before half of their first college term...
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The Mysterious Affair at StylesThe Mysterious Affair at Styles The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as The Styles Case has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my...
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Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard UniversityPhilosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University Two frowning boys sat in their tennis flannels beneath the glare of lamp and gas. Their leather belts were loosened, their soft pink shirts unbuttoned at the collar. They were listening with gloomy voracity to the instruction...
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Polly of the CircusPolly of the Circus The band of the Great American Circus was playing noisily. The performance was in full swing. Beside a shabby trunk in the women's dressing tent sat a young, wistful-faced girl, chin in hand, unheeding the chatter of the women about...
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Tom GroganTom Grogan I. BABCOCK'S DISCOVERY II. A BOARD FENCE LOSES A PLANK III. SERGEANT DUFFY'S LITTLE GAME IV. A WALKING DELEGATE LEARNS A NEW STEP V. A WORD FROM THE TENEMENTS VI. THE BIG GRAY GOES HUNGRY VII. THE CONTENTS OF CULLY'S MAIL VIII....
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two RosesThe Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two RosesNo one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. And now here is a volume that goes into the world and lacks your...
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Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment)Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment) I was the second son of a farmer, whose place of residence was a western district of Pennsylvania. My eldest brother seemed fitted by nature for the employment to which he was destined. His wishes never led...
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Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor This work is called a 'romance,' because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with...
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New Arabian NightsNew Arabian Nights During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him; and...
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