Rhonda Federman

The Way of All Flesh

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Samuel Butler



The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 an…

The Rape of the Lock

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Alexander Pope



The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 17…

The Autobiography of a Slander

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Edna Lyall



The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tal…

The Freedmen's Book

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Lydia Maria Child



Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …