Winnifred Assmann

Benigna Machiavelli

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman



In between "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) and Herland (1915), feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) wrote and published thi…

The Crux

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman



"This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts …

Surprise House

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Abbie Farwell Brown



Our story begins just after Nan Corliss, an eccentric old lady, dies and leaves her strange old house in Crowfield to her nephew, Dr. Owen C…

Follies in Fiction

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Stephen Leacock



A pamphlet from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, containing selections from Further Foolishness and Frenzie…

Now We Are Six

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A. A. Milne



Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…

The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and other Stories

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Edith Wharton



Seven short stories by Edith Wharton, American author of The House of Mirth. "The Hermit and the Wild Woman" (rather differen…

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume One

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Edith Wharton



Five early short stories by Edith Wharton, American author of The House of Mirth. Includes “Kerfol,” “Mrs. Manstey's View,” “The Bolted Door…

Knock Three Times!

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Marion St. John Webb



“Jack and Molly were twins, and this was their ninth birthday. Such a happy, exciting day it had been; it felt like a birthday all day long,…

The Girls of Chequertrees

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Marion St. John Webb



Pamela Heath, a pleasant 16-year-old girl living quietly at home with her parents and siblings, receives a peculiar invitation one day. An o…

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, Version 2

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Stephen Leacock



A collection of humorous fiction by renowned Canadian writer, Stephen Leacock. Unlike the lighter Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town that pr…