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The Black DwarfThe Black Dwarf The ideal being who is here presented as residing in solitude, and haunted by a consciousness of his own deformity, and a suspicion of his being generally subjected to the scorn of his fellow-men, is not altogether imaginary. An individual existed...
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A Legend of MontroseA Legend of Montrose Sergeant More MAlpin was, during his residence among us, one of the most honoured inhabitants of Gandercleugh. No one thought of disputing his title to the great leathern chair on the cosiest side of the chimney, in the common room...
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Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African StoryDream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story Little Jannita sat alone beside a milk-bush. Before her and behind her stretched the plain, covered with red sand and thorny karoo bushes; and here and there a milk-bush, looking like a bundle of pale...
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The AlkahestThe Alkahest There is a house at Douai in the rue de Paris, whose aspect, interior arrangements, and details have preserved, to a greater degree than those of other domiciles, the characteristics of the old Flemish buildings, so naively adapted to the patriarchal manners...
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The Hated SonThe Hated Son On a winters night, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne dHerouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an approaching confinement; and the instinct which makes us hope for ease in a...
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The Valley of the MoonThe Valley of the Moon You hear me, Saxon? Come on along. What if it is the Bricklayers? I'll have gentlemen friends there, and so'll you. The Al Vista band'll be along, an' you know it plays heavenly. An' you just love dancin'- Twenty...
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HeidiHeidi"Heidi" is a delightful story for children of life in the Alps, one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri, who died in her home at Zurich in 1891. She had been well known to the younger readers of her own...
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The Illustrious PrinceThe Illustrious Prince CHAPTER I. MR. HAMILTON FYNES, URGENT CHAPTER II. THE END OF THE JOURNEY CHAPTER III. AN INCIDENT AND AN ACCIDENT CHAPTER IV. MISS PENELOPE MORSE CHAPTER V. AN AFFAIR OF STATE CHAPTER VI. MR. COULSON INTERVIEWED CHAPTER VII. A FATAL DESPATCH...
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The Kingdom of the BlindThe Kingdom of the Blind Lady Anselman stood in the centre of the lounge at the Ritz Hotel and with a delicately-poised forefinger counted her guests. There was the great French actress who had every charm but youth, chatting vivaciously with a tall, pale-faced...
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The Story of an African FarmThe Story of an African Farm I have to thank cordially the public and my critics for the reception they have given this little book. Dealing with a subject that is far removed from the round of English daily life, it of necessity lacks...
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The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four MillionThe Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Further Stories of the Four Million: The Voice of the City -- The Complete Life of John Hopkins -- A Lickpenny Lover -- Dougherty's Eye-Opener -- "Little Speck in Garnered Fruit" -- The...
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DreamsDreams All day the soft wind played with her hair, and the young, young face looked out across the water. She was waitingshe was waiting; but she could not tell for what. All day the waves ran up and up on the sand, and...
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No NameNo Name The main purpose of this story is to appeal to the readers interest in a subject which has been the theme of some of the greatest writers, living and deadbut which has never been, and can never be, exhausted, because it is...
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SeraphitaSeraphita As the eye glances over a map of the coasts of Norway, can the imagination fail to marvel at their fantastic indentations and serrated edges, like a granite lace, against which the surges of the North Sea roar incessantly? Who has not dreamed...
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The Garden Party, and Other StoriesThe Garden Party, and Other Stories Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-covered hills at the back were smothered. You could not see where they ended and...
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Trooper Peter Halket of MashonalandTrooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland (A photographic plate at the front of the book shows three people hanging from a tree by their necks. Around them stand eight men, looking not at all troubled by their participation in the scene. Of this event all...
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Castle RackrentCastle Rackrent The Prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics who aspire to the character of superior wisdom; but if we consider it in a proper point of view, this taste is an incontestable proof of the...
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No ThoroughfareNo ThoroughfareDay of the month and year, November the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. London Time by the great clock of Saint Pauls, ten at night. All the lesser London churches strain their metallic throats. Some, flippantly begin before the heavy bell...
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Going into SocietyGoing into SocietyAt one period of its reverses, the House fell into the occupation of a Showman. He was found registered as its occupier, on the parish books of the time when he rented the House, and there was therefore no need of any...
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Mrs. Lirriper's LegacyMrs. Lirriper's LegacyAh! Its pleasant to drop into my own easy-chair my dear though a little palpitating what with trotting up-stairs and what with trotting down, and why kitchen stairs should all be corner stairs is for the builders to justify though I do...
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