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The Spendings of Fancy: Facts Answer with Sneers

In Sister Carrie

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carr…

Chapter 48

In The Portrait of a Lady Vol 2

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Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 …

Bk 15: Ch 04-06

In The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

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Henry Fielding

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

Chapter XXV - XXVII

In The Golden Bough (Complete)

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Sir James Frazer and James Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropol…

bk4_03 - The Legende of Cambel and Telamond - Canto 03

In The Faerie Queene Book 4

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Edmund Spenser

"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …

Vol 03, Ch. 06, part 1

In The Mysteries of Udolpho

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Ann Radcliffe

Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…

Chapter 61

In Middlemarch

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George Eliot

The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamon…

The Way of the Wolf, part 3

In Northern Trails, Book 1

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William J. Long

"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the…

Lincoln's Reply, Part 1

In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)

Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain

In The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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George W. M. Reynolds

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially se…