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PenrodPenrod CHAPTER I A BOY AND HIS DOG CHAPTER II ROMANCE CHAPTER III THE COSTUME CHAPTER IV DESPERATION CHAPTER V THE PAGEANT OF THE TABLE ROUND CHAPTER VI EVENING CHAPTER VII EVILS OF DRINK CHAPTER VIII SCHOOL CHAPTER IX SOARING CHAPTER X UNCLE JOHN...
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BlixBlix It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Then she went down to the front door for the...
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The Lady, or the Tiger?The Lady, or the Tiger?In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He...
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CranfordCranford In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death...
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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of MansoulThe Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of MansoulIn the year 1682 there was published by Dorman Newman, at the Kings Arms in the...
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The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A Romance Mr Button was seated on a sea-chest with a fiddle under his left ear. He was playing the Shan van vaught, and accompanying the tune, punctuating it, with blows of his left heel on the focsle deck. He was...
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The CrossingThe Crossing I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters. There, on the borders of a creek that runs into the Yadkin River,...
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The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball StoriesThe Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories There was Delaney's red-haired trioRed Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his...
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The Lost PrinceThe Lost Prince There are many dreary and dingy rows of ugly houses in certain parts of London, but there certainly could not be any row more ugly or dingier than Philibert Place. There were stories that it had once been more attractive, but...
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Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished RomanceWeir of Hermiston: An Unfinished RomanceI saw rain falling and the rainbow drawn On Lammermuir. Hearkening I heard again In my precipitous city beaten bells Winnow the keen sea wind. And here afar, Intent on my own race and place, I wrote. Take thou...
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The White Knight: Tirant Lo BlancThe White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc"Tirant lo Blanc is the best European novel of the fifteenth century," says Damaso Alonso in his excellent study.(1) Miguel de Cervantes, writing from the 17th century, affirms: "as far as style is concerned, this is the best book...
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A Journal of the Plague YearA Journal of the Plague Year - Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London It...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The mans hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck....
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Prince Otto, a RomancePrince Otto, a RomanceAt last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to Prince Otto, whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger in fact than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand....
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll FlandersThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continud Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year...
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The Outlaw of TornThe Outlaw of Torn Here is a story that has lain dormant for seven hundred years. At first it was suppressed by one of the Plantagenet kings of England. Later it was forgotten. I happened to dig it up by accident. The accident being...
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The Country of the Pointed FirsThe Country of the Pointed Firs I. The Return II. Mrs. Todd III. The Schoolhouse IV. At the Schoolhouse Window V. Captain Littlepage VI. The Waiting Place VII. The Outer Island VIII. Green Island IX. William X. Where Pennyroyal Grew XI. The Old Singers...
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The Mad KingThe Mad King All Lustadt was in an uproar. The mad king had escaped. Little knots of excited men stood upon the street corners listening to each latest rumor concerning this most absorbing occurrence. Before the palace a great crowd surged to and fro,...
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Bab: A Sub-DebBab: A Sub-Deb "A tyrant's power in rigor is exprest."DRYDEN. I have decided to relate with precision what occurred during my recent Christmas holiday. Although I was away from this school only four days, returning unexpectedly the day after Christmas, a number of Incidents...
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Miss Billy's DecisionMiss Billy's Decision MISS BILLY'S DECISION CHAPTER I. CALDERWELL DOES SOME TALKING CHAPTER II. AUNT HANNAH GETS A LETTER CHAPTER III. BILLY AND BERTRAM CHAPTER IV. FOR MARY JANE CHAPTER V. MARIE SPEAKS HER MIND CHAPTER VI. AT THE SIGN OF THE PINK CHAPTER...
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