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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 …

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…

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…

Book IX - Dora, Chapters 10,11

In The Rise of David Levinsky

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Abraham Cahan

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to lif…

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…

Chapter 01

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…