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MathildaMathildaOf all the novels and stories which Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley left in manuscript,[i] only one novelette, Mathilda, is complete. It exists in both rough draft and final copy. In this story, as in all Mary Shelleys writing, there is much that is autobiographical: it...
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Miss Mink's Soldier and Other StoriesMiss Mink's Soldier and Other StoriesMiss Mink sat in church with lips compressed and hands tightly clasped in her black alpaca lap, and stubbornly refused to comply with the request that was being made from the pulpit. She was a small desiccated person, with...
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Doctor Claudius, A True StoryDoctor Claudius, A True Story"I believe I am old," said the Doctor, pushing his straight-backed wooden chair from the table, and turning from his books to look out of his small window. "Yes, I am certainly very old," he said again, rapping absently on...
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Sevenoaks: A Story of To-daySevenoaks: A Story of Today CHAPTER I. Which tells about Sevenoaks, and how Miss Butterworth passed one of her evenings CHAPTER II. Mr. Belcher carries his point at the town-meeting, and the poor are knocked down to Thomas Buffum CHAPTER III In which Jim...
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Les mille et un fantômesLes mille et un fantômeson cher ami, vous m'avez dit souvent,au milieu de ces soires, devenues trop rares, o chacun bavarde loisir, ou disant le rve de son coeur, ou suivant le caprice de son esprit, ou gaspillant le trsor de ses souvenirs,vous m'avez...
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Un billet de loterieUn billet de loterie - (Le numéro 9672) Oui, Hulda, cet aprs-midi, rpondit dame Hansen. Lengling, le contrematre de la scierie, l'a rencontr et m'a prvenue en passant. De nos conserves en jambon et en saumon fum, il ne reste plus grand-chose, et je...
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Rose of Old HarpethRose of Old Harpeth"Why, don't you know nothing in the world compliments a loaf of bread like the asking for a fourth slice," laughed Rose Mary as she reached up on the stone shelf above her head and took down a large crusty loaf...
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Salomy JaneSalomy JaneOnly one shot had been fired. It had gone wide of its mark,the ringleader of the Vigilantes,and had left Red Pete, who had fired it, covered by their rifles and at their mercy. For his hand had been cramped by hard riding, and...
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The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern ItalyThe Children of the King: A Tale of Southern ItalyLay your course south-east half east from the Campanella. If the weather is what it should be in late summer you will have a fresh breeze on the starboard quarter from ten in the morning...
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The Tragedy of the Chain PierThe Tragedy of the Chain Pier - Everyday Life Library No. 3Most visitors to Brighton prefer the new pier; it is altogether a more magnificent affair. It is in the fashionable town, for fashion will go westward; it is larger, more commodious, more frequented....
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Marion Arleigh's PenanceMarion Arleigh's Penance - Everyday Life Library No. 5Three o'clock on a warm June afternoon. The great heat has caused something like a purple haze to cloud over the deep blue of the sapphire sky. There is not one breath of wind to stir...
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My Mother's RivalMy Mother's Rival - Everyday Life Library No. 4I have often wondered if the world ever thinks of what becomes of the children of great criminals who expiate their crime on the scaffold. Are they taken away and brought up somewhere in ignorance of...
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NocturneNocturne But do I see afore me, him as I ever sported with in his times of happy infancy? And may Imay I? This May I, meant might he shake hands? DICKENS, Great Expectations. I do not know why I should be so overpoweringly...
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The Honorable PercivalThe Honorable Percival The Honorable Percival Hascombe came aboard the Pacific liner about to sail from San Francisco, preceded by a fur coat, a gun-case, two pigskin bags, a hat-box, and a valet. He was tall and slender, and moved with an air of...
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The Inner SisterhoodThe Inner Sisterhood - A Social Study in High Colors [Transcriber's Note: The layout of this document, especially serif vs. sans-serif, boldface, indentation and size are an accurate representation of the typography used in the original. The author is known for eclectic choices in...
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Heart's DesireHeart's Desire - The Story of a Contented Town, Certain Peculiar Citizens, and Two Fortunate Lovers "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed...
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BalloonsBalloons"You should only," we are told, "wear white in early youth and old age. It is very becoming with a fresh complexion or white hair. When you no longer feel as young as you were, other colours are more flattering. Also, you should avoid...
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A Hoosier ChronicleA Hoosier ChronicleThe wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only...
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The Three Black Pennys: A NovelThe Three Black Pennys: A Novel This is a record and act of memory of you at Dower Houseof June nights on the porch, with the foliage of the willow tree powdered against the stars; the white-panelled hearth of the yellow room in smouldering...
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David Lockwin—The People's IdolDavid Lockwin—The People's Idol To-night the carriages are trolling and rumbling to the great mansion of the Wandrells on Prairie Avenue. The women are positive in their exclamations of reunion, and this undoubted feminine joy exhilarates, and entertains the men. The lights are brilliant,...
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