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Persuasion (version 7)

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Jane Austen


Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to get out of debt, rents their home to an Admiral. The brother of the…

The Wrongs and Crimes of the Poor

In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1

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George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-4…

14 - Chapter XIV. In the Siren Country

In When Knighthood Was in Flower

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Charles Major


Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henr…

Chapter 29, part 1

In History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…

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David Hume


David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

16 - RICHMOND

In The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

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Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

09 - Chapter 5 - Strengthening the Bonds of Union, Part 2

In Alexander Hamilton

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Charles A. Conant


Alexander Hamilton was a significant figure in the political and economic development of the early United States. He served in the American …

Chapter XVI

In A Chicago Princess

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Robert Barr


After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune, Rupert Tremorne is stranded in Nagasaki, at the…