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Mrs. Wilson's Determination.

In Mary Barton

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester du…

Vol 03, Ch. 11

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 (…

I FIND A FRIEND

In Dead Men Tell No Tales

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E.W. Hornung and E. W. Hornung

Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921) was an English author. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, …

THE NIGHT VISITOR

In The Daffodil Mystery

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Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…

Chapter 11

In Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1

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Thomas Preskett Prest and Thomas Peckett Prest

This is volume 1 of 3. Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampy…

A Quintet --- Death of William Cullen Bryant

In Specimen Days

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Walt Whitman

Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

012 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 5.

In The Book of Household Management

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Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton

"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

Book 4, Chapter 33: More Links

In Adam Bede

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George Eliot

Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…