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CHAPTER XXXIX.

In The Children Of The Abbey

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Regina Maria Roche


Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…

Why the Cow Got Her Horns

In Mostly About Nibble the Bunny

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John Breck


Follow, “A Very Small Bunny Has a Very Big Adventure” as Nibble Rabbit romps through the clover patch and into the woods where he founds the…

Chapter 6

In Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret

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Nathaniel Hawthorne


Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…

“OLD BOOTS”

In Unvarnished Tales

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William Mackay


This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…

Chapter VII. New Friends

In Unveiling a Parallel

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Alice Ilgenfritz Jones


In this work of utopian science fiction from the Victorian era written by Two Women of the West, a moniker for Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and El…

Part 12, Chapter 1

In The Caxtons: A Family Picture

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton


The quiet country life of the Caxton family is interrupted by a visit to London. There the son, Pisistratus, is offered the position of secr…

A Wholesale Roundup

In A Woman at Bay

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Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

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In King Mombo

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Paul Du Chaillu


An adventure story for young adults, set in Africa. The young hero sets out from New York aboard ship and after an eventful journey arrives …

XII

In The Valley of the Squinting Windows

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Brinsley Macnamara


The Valley of the Squinting Shadows was the author's first novel and proved controversial. In it, he tells a realistic tale of life in a sma…

Nick Carter's Denunciation

In Out of Death's Shadow

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Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional private detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking …