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The Story of the Wind

In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

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Hans Christian Andersen

A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

Section XV - Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena

In Theory of Colours

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

Of certain Passages upon the Moor

In Micah Clarke

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…

Chapter 13

In Ellen Middleton

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Georgiana Fullerton

Ellen Middleton had a happy childhood with her uncle and aunt. She grew up alongside her cousin Julia. Suddenly, something happened. Her lif…

A Bad Night

In A Thief in the Night - Version 2

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E. W. Hornung

A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was …

Chapter 20

In Howards End (version 3)

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E. M. Forster

Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…

Part II - Chapter XIX

In My Lady's Money

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Wilkie Collins

Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…

Fifth Scene - Glasgow - Chapter the Thirtieth

In Man and Wife

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Wilkie Collins

This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were …

Burton Declines

In The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old ho…