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The Dog Chasing and Wolf

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)

Read by Michelle Crandall

Aesop

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS

In Wives and Daughters

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book!Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest Brit…

Chapter 9 – Isidore

In Villette

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Charlotte Brontë

After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against …

Vol 01, Ch. 01, 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 XIII

In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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Anne Bronte and Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the second and final novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, …

Chapter XXII

In The Professor

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Charlotte Brontë

The book tells the story of a young man named William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a profes…

The Water of Life

In The Wonder Clock

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Howard Pyle

"Four and twenty marvellous tales, one for each hour of the day," retold in a novel and entertaining manner by a master of the for…

Foreward

In The Story of Mankind

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Hendrik van Loon and Hendrik Van Loon

Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the p…

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