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A Fair PenitentA Fair Penitent This story first appeared in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words, volume 16, number 382, July 18, 1857. Published anonymously, as all contributions to the magazine were, it was attributed definitely to Wilkie Collins by Anne Lohrli in her analysis of the...
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Piccadilly JimPiccadilly Jim The residence of Mr. Peter Pett, the well-known financier, on Riverside Drive is one of the leading eyesores of that breezy and expensive boulevard. As you pass by in your limousine, or while enjoying ten cents worth of fresh air on top...
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Don QuijoteDon QuijoteYo, Juan Gallo de Andrada, escribano de Cmara del Rey nuestro seor, de los que residen en su Consejo, certifico y doy fe que, habiendo visto por los seores dl un libro intitulado El ingenioso hidalgo de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de...
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Crome YellowCrome Yellow Along this particular stretch of line no express had ever passed. All the trainsthe few that there werestopped at all the stations. Denis knew the names of those stations by heart. Bole, Tritton, Spavin Delawarr, Knipswich for Timpany, West Bowlby, and, finally,...
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The Bedford-Row ConspiracyThe Bedford-Row Conspiracy OF THE LOVES OF MR. PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH. My dear John, cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, it must and shall be so. As for Doughty Street,...
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The OutletThe Outlet At the close of the civil war the need for a market for the surplus cattle of Texas was as urgent as it was general. There had been numerous experiments in seeking an outlet, and there is authority for the statement that...
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Life and Death of Mr. BadmanLife and Death of Mr. BadmanThe Life and Death of Mr Badman was published by John Bunyan in 1680, two years after the First Edition of the First Part of The Pilgrims Progress. In the opening sentence of his preface he tells us it...
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Men's WivesMen's Wives CHAPTER V. IN WHICH MR. WALKER FALLS INTO DIFFICULTIES, AND MRS. WALKER MAKES MANY FOOLISH ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE HIM. CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH MORGIANA ADVANCES TOWARDS FAME AND HONOUR, AND IN WHICH SEVERAL GREAT LITERARY CHARACTERS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE. In a certain...
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Monsieur BeaucaireMonsieur Beaucaire The young Frenchman did very well what he had planned to do. His guess that the Duke would cheat proved good. As the unshod half-dozen figures that had been standing noiselessly in the entryway stole softly into the shadows of the chamber,...
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Rashomon羅生門The text was taken from a 1917 edition which is naturally written in the traditional orthography with prewar kanji forms. I have taken the liberty of using postwar orthography and kanji forms, and have also added readings in parentheses where I considered them necessary....
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Le droit de lireLe droit de lire For Dan Halbert, the road to Tycho began in college--when Lissa Lenz asked to borrow his computer. Hers had broken down, and unless she could borrow another, she would fail her midterm project. There was no one she dared ask,...
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Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners)Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) Do I know why Tom Donahue is called Lucky Tom? Yes, I do; and that is more than one in ten of those who call him so can say. I have knocked about a deal in...
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Peter Ruff and the Double FourPeter Ruff and the Double Four BOOK ONE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING MR. PETER RUFF CHAPTER II. A NEW CAREER CHAPTER III. VINCENT CAWDOR, COMMISSION AGENT CHAPTER IV. THE INDISCRETION OF LETTY SHAW CHAPTER V. DELILAH FROM STREATHAM CHAPTER VI. THE LITTLE LADY FROM SERVIA...
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The Legacy of CainThe Legacy of Cain Permit me to add your name to my name, in publishing this novel. The pen which has written my books cannot be more agreeably employed than in acknowledging what I owe to the pen which has skillfully and patiently helped...
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Catherine: A StoryCatherine: A Story CHAPTER VIII. ENUMERATES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MASTER THOMAS BILLINGSINTRODUCES BROCK AS DOCTOR WOODAND ANNOUNCES THE EXECUTION OF ENSIGN MACSHANE. CHAPTER IX. INTERVIEW BETWEEN COUNT GALGENSTEIN AND MASTER THOMAS BILLINGS, WHEN HE INFORMS THE COUNT OF HIS PARENTAGE. CHAPTER X. SHOWING HOW...
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Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His SonErewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His SonI forget when, but not very long after I had published Erewhon in 1872, it occurred to me to ask myself what course events in Erewhon would probably...
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The Path of the KingThe Path of the King The three of us in that winter camp in the Selkirks were talking the slow aimless talk of wearied men. The Soldier, who had seen many campaigns, was riding his hobby of the Civil War and descanting on Lee's...
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Captain BloodCaptain Blood CHAPTER I. THE MESSENGER CHAPTER II. KIRKE'S DRAGOONS CHAPTER III. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CHAPTER IV. HUMAN MERCHANDISE CHAPTER V. ARABELLA BISHOP CHAPTER VI. PLANS OF ESCAPE CHAPTER VII. PIRATES CHAPTER VIII. SPANIARDS CHAPTER IX. THE REBELS-CONVICT CHAPTER X. DON DIEGO CHAPTER...
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Sight UnseenSight Unseen The rather extraordinary story revealed by the experiments of the Neighborhood Club have been until now a matter only of private record. But it seems to me, as an active participant in the investigations, that they should be given to the public;...
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The ConfessionThe Confession I am not a susceptible woman. I am objective rather than subjective, and a fairly full experience of life has taught me that most of my impressions are from within out rather than the other way about. For instance, obsession at one...
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