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The Spendings of Fancy: Facts Answer with Sneers

In Sister Carrie

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Theodore Dreiser


Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carr…

Vol 03, Ch. 06, part 1

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 (…

bk4_03 - The Legende of Cambel and Telamond - Canto 03

In The Faerie Queene Book 4

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Edmund Spenser


"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …

Bk 15: Ch 04-06

In The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

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Henry Fielding


Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

Chapter 48

In The Portrait of a Lady Vol 2

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Henry James


The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 …

Chapter 61

In Middlemarch

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George Eliot


The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamon…

Chapter XXV - XXVII

In The Golden Bough (Complete)

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Sir James Frazer and James Frazer


The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropol…

Part VI Chapter II: Alliance with Sir Bartle Frere

In The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 2

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Edward Tyas Cook


A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…

A Constructive Critic of the Book

In The Booklover and His Books

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Henry Lyman Koopman


This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…

Chapter 4

In Rezanov

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Gertrude Atherton


This novel by the prolific Californian author Gertrude Horn Atherton is based on the real life story of Nikolai Rezanov, a man who, in 1806,…

Chapter 01

In The Visioning, A Novel

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Susan Glaspell


"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…