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Book V, Chapter III

In Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

Animals

In Pantropheon

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Alexis Soyer

Soyer was a 'celebrity chef', devising innovations such as water-cooled refrigerators and adjustable temperature ovens. He developed many po…

Book 2 Chapter I

In Windy McPherson's Son

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Sherwood Anderson

Windy McPherson's Son is the story of Sam McPherson's rise in the world of business and search for emotional enlightenment in later life. Mc…

Chapter 4

In Rezanov

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Gertrude Atherton

This novel by the prolific Californian author Gertrude Horn Atherton is based on the real life story of Nikolai Rezanov, a man who, in 1806,…

Joris-Karl Huysmans (I)

In Figures of Several Centuries

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Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…

Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late

In Diana of the Crossways

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George Meredith

Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miser…

Part VI Chapter II: Alliance with Sir Bartle Frere

In The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 2

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Edward Tyas Cook

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…

Lincoln's Reply, Part 1

In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)

Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain

In The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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George W. M. Reynolds

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially se…

Chapter 04

In The Visioning, A Novel

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Susan Glaspell

"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…