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In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

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Charles Dickens


2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…

01 -- Chapter 1A

In The Sheik

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E. and E. M. Hull


The novel on which the famous silent movie starring Rudolf Valentino was based. The plot is set in motion as Lady Conway disapproves of Dian…

Exeunt

In Die Gottesfreundin

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Karl Gjellerup


In seinem historischen Roman Die Gottesfreundin erzählt der Literaturnobelpreisträger Karl Gjellerup die Geschichte einer Liebe zw…

38 - Chapter 26 part 2 - Speeches in London, John Bright, A mob in Manchester, …

In Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1

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Moncure D. Conway and Moncure Daniel Conway


Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly t…

27 - Das Alte und auch etwas Neues

In Heimatlos - Geschichten für Kinder und auch für solche, welche die Kinder lieb …

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Johanna Spyri


Ihr erstes Kinderbuch «Heimathlos» enthielt die Erzählungen «Am Silser- und am Gardasee» und «Wie Wiseli’…

29 - Philip of Pokanoket

In The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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Washington Irving


Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book fa…

How Gunther Won Brunhild

In Nibelungenlied

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translated by Daniel B. Shumway


The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfri…

34 - Escaping in a Chest; Isaac Williams, Henry Banks, and Kit Nickless; Arriva…

In The Underground Railroad, Part 2

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William Still


"This is one of the most remarkable volumes of the century. Its publication has only been made possible by a combination of circumstanc…

15 - Mary Pickford

In Intimate Talks with Movie Stars

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Edward Weitzel


A collection of interviews originally published in Moving Picture World that aims to give the movie-mad public "intimate pen pictures o…

10 - Kupti and Imani

In The Olive Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book (1907) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was …

17 - Ch Seventh Sec 9-11, Ch Eighth Sec 1

In The Secret Places of the Heart

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H. G. Wells


Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a…