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06 - Chapter 6

In A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

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James E. Seaver


Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them …

00 - Preface

In East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen


Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty chil…

05 - Chapter 5

In Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860

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Andrew Jackson


A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containi…

Chapter 5

In The Humbugs of the World

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P. T. Barnum


P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witc…

38 - Chapter XXXVIII

In The Egoist

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George Meredith


The Egoist is a tragi-comical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patte…