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Book The Second Chapter 1 The Fate of Susan Lenoble

In Charlotte's Inheritance

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


A lesser known novel by the sensational English novelist, Charlotte's Inheritance opens in Paris in a dilapidated boarding house let to stud…

Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XII - Canto XVI

In The Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri, transl. Longfellow and Dante Alighieri


The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 an…

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In The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

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Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens


Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

Paper pills

In Winesburg, Ohio

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Sherwood Anderson


Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …

Chapter VIII, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


In this chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England we see conflict between James II and his subjects. James is Catholic but r…

Book Six, Part 1

In Paradise Lost

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John Milton


Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Ho…

Chapter X, Part 5

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in Londo…

Chapter IX, Part 2

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion…

Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave

In Short Poetry Collection 013

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Thomas Hardy


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 013: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Chapter IX UNCLE DAVID’S NONSENSICAL STORY ABOUT GIANTS AND FAIRIES

In Holiday House

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Catherine Sinclair


Extremely popular when it was published, this book was one of the first to include fairy tales which were not only didactic but also enjoyab…

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