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Maria Chapdelaine (version 2)

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Louis Hémon


The novel Maria Chapdelaine portrays life in rural Quebec at the beginning of the 20th century. Published first in French in 1913, it is a f…

The Untempered Wind

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Joanna E. Wood


Upon publication of “The Untempered Wind” in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the …

Armand Durand

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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon


Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…

A Superfluous Woman

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Emma Francis Brooke


Published anonymously in 1894, “A Superfluous Woman” quickly became one of the most widely read of the “New Woman” novels that appeared at t…

The Imperialist

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Mrs. Everard Cotes and Sara Jeannette Duncan


“The Imperialist,” a novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan, published in 1904, is a portrait of life in small-town Ontario at the beginning of the …

A Daughter of Today

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Sara Jeannette Duncan


The Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (aka Mrs. Everard Cotes) is today best known for her 1904 novel of Ontario life, “The Imperialist”…

The Chouans (version 2)

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Honoré de Balzac


“The Chouans” (1829) was the first novel published under Balzac’s own name (rather than a pen-name). It became the first book in the great w…

The Duchess of Langeais

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Honoré de Balzac


“The Duchess of Langeais” (1834) is part of Balzac’s great life’s work, the sprawling novel series called “The Human Comedy.” This novel is …

Over Prairie Trails

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Frederick Philip Grove


When Frederick Philip Grove settled in a remote area of Manitoba in the early years of the 20th century, he found work teaching in a school …

The Ball at Sceaux

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Honoré de Balzac


The novella “The Ball at Sceaux” is part of Balzac’s great life work — the expansive fiction series titled “The Human Comedy.” The central c…

César Birotteau

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Honoré de Balzac


“Rise and Fall of César Birotteau” (1837) is part of Balzac’s great novel series titled “The Human Comedy.”The story is set in Paris,…

The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2)

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Ella Hepworth Dixon


“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels …

Ursula

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Honoré de Balzac


“Ursula,” first published in French in 1841 as “Ursule Mirouët,” is part of Balzac’s great suite of novels, collectively titled “The Hu…

The Two Brothers

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Honoré de Balzac


“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…

Chapter 3 - Van der Lubbe, The Tool

In Brown Book of the Hitler Terror

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Dudley Leigh Aman Marley


The Brown Book was the first English publication to detail events which were currently happening in occupied Germany in 1933; book-burning a…

Chapter 1

In Father Goriot (version 2)

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Honoré de Balzac


Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), published in 1835, is widely considered to be Balzac's finest and most popular novel. It is set in Pa…

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