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The Son-in-Law, by John Kendrick Bangs

In The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

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John Kendrick Bangs(1862-1922) and John Kendrick Bangs

A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage…

1 - Chapter I

In The Log-Cabin Lady

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Unknown

'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear throu…

11 That John Mason

In Off-Hand Sketches

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T. S. Arthur

The reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at…

Chapter 33, Part 2

In The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

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Alessandro Manzoni

The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…

Chapter 32 - The Prisoner

In The Eye of Dread

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Payne Erskine

The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. …

06 - Joyce Plays Ghost

In The Gate of the Giant Scissors

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Annie Fellows Johnston

This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful h…

4 - 1 - Book the Fourth, Chapter 1

In The Black Robe

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Wilkie Collins

The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the…