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The Stolen White Elephant

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Mark Twain

In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local po…

The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787

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United States Government and Unit

This 1787 document defines the rights and responsibilities of federal government of the United States of America.

Chapter 29

In Sense and Sensibility

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Jane Austen

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gi…

Chapter 3

In The Call of the Wild

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Jack London

In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a…

Doctor Knowall

In Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…

Chapters XXXI-XXXV

In The Awakening

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Kate Chopin

Owing to its highly personal content focused on feminine sexuality, this LibriVox edition was recorded by eight female readers. The Modern L…

INVERTED COMMAS

In Stops, or How to Punctuate

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Paul Allardyce

Throughout the ages, languages continue to adapt and change. English, being a relatively new language, is a nice example of that. Though the…

Chapter 27

In A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

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Jules Verne

Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre d…

Chapter 20

In The Custom of the Country

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this nov…

Chapter 6

In Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It …