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Ole Mammy's Torment
Annie F. Johnston, originally from Indiana, was a noted author most famous for her Little Colonel series. "Little Colonel" , a smash film starring Shirley Temple, was based on this series.
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Olympian Nights
Excerpt: "While travelling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking-place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were describing with some vividness, I chanced…
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On Commando
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made…
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On Compromise
In this influential 1874 essay, Morley asks the question, "How far, and in what way, ought respect either for immediate practical convenience, or for current prejudices, to weigh against respect for truth?" At once philosophical and…
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On The Art of Reading
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped…
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One of Life's Slaves
In a review which appeared in the Athenæum, of a translation of one of Jonas Lie's earlier works - "Den Fremsynte" ("The Visionary") - the reviewer expressed a hope that I would follow up that translation with "an English version of…
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Oonomoo the Huron
Classic adventure novel. According to Wikipedia: "Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine. Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and…
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Patty at Home
Carolyn Wells was an early 20th century poet and author best known for mysteries like The Gold Bag and Fleming Stone Detective Stories
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Paul Faber, Surgeon
George MacDonald was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the 19th century and influenced just about every writer that came after him. He was a mentor of Lewis Carroll, a friend of Mark Twain's, and a man who helped shape the works of…
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Pauline
Pauline est une nouvelle de George Sand paru en 1839 chez Calmann-Lévy (Paris). Extrait | Elle resta donc immobile et muette à la regarder , mais, comme si sa présence se fût révélée à Pauline par un mouvement instinctif du cœur,…
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Pauvre Blaise
Pauvre Blaise est un roman de la Comtesse de Ségur paru en 1861. Extrait |...Blaise était assis sur un banc, le menton appuyé dans sa main gauche. Il réfléchissait si profondément qu'il ne pensait pas à mordre dans une tartine de pain…
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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
After the American Civil War ended, George W. Peck (1840–1916) became a newspaper publisher. His weekly newspaper, "Peck's Sun," contained Peck's humorous writings, including his famous semi-autobiographical "Peck's Bad Boy" stories.…
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