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The Turn of the Screw

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Henry James

The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. It is a ghost story that was originally published in 1898. A nameless governess…

Chapter III, Part 16

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 03)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state…

The Ploughman, the Ass, and the Ox

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

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Aesop

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Letter H

In The Foolish Dictionary

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Gideon Wurdz and Charles Wayland Towne

"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…

Recapitulation and Conclusion

In The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. and Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary…

I was now a single person again...

In The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

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Daniel Defoe

Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success …

The Young Dead

In Short Poetry Collection 008

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Edith Wharton

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 008: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.