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Chapter 19: A Retreat

In The Nether World

Read by Lynne T

George Robert Gissing and George Gissing

This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…

Chapter XV

In The Deluge Volume 1

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Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

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In A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

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James E. Seaver

Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them …

Chapter 18: HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL

In The Rose And The Ring

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William Makepeace Thackeray

Victorian social satire hiding in a set of children's fairy tales by the author of the classic "Vanity Fair" - Summary by Stav Ni…

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In A Woman's Journey Round the World

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…

"Chicargo Gits My Money"

In Against Odds

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Lawrence L. Lynch

Believed to have been written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, this detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Mas…

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