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IX - Bothwell Dungeons.

In The Scottish Chiefs

Read by Shirley Ellen

Miss Jane Porter and Jane Porter

An adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by N…

Ch 13: 1636-1646, Quebec and its Tenants; 3753 words

In The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century

Read by Shirley Ellen

Francis Parkman and Francis Parkman, Jr.

Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…

Book 6, Chapter 52: Adam and Dinah

In Adam Bede

Read by Shirley Ellen

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,…

Accession to the Throne

In Queen Elizabeth

Read by Shirley Ellen

Jacob Abbott

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…