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00 - Author's Note
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Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
To-day
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Thomas Carlyle
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Ch. 18: Our Tavern, pt. 2
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Frank R. Stockton
In Rudder Grange
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns…
Ch. XIV: Only a Common Fellow, pt. 2
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Further Chronicles of Avonlea
Further Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L.M. Montgomery and is a sequel to Chronicles of Avonlea. Published in 192…
Mrs. Sibley
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Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Chapter XV
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
In The Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Tiny Story Book
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William James McGlothlin
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
King Lear
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E. Nesbit
In Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works…
Denton (Cy) Young
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Grantland Rice
In Baseball Ballads
Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought h…
Letters from Egypt
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Lucie Duff-Gordon
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters …
06 - Brown of Calavares
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Bret Harte
In Selected Stories of Bret Harte
Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in Californi…
Peeps at Many Lands
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R. Talbot Kelly
A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary b…
Our Village
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Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
The Spell of Egypt
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Robert Smythe Hichens
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made…
Child’s New Story Book
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William James McGlothlin
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
Chaney Spell
Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Lilacs
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Amy Lowell
In 37 American Poems
Here are 37 distinctively American poems, covering the mid-17th - early 20th Centuries, from Anne Bradstreet to Dorothy Parker's sole PD wor…
Cedars
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Grace H. Conkling
In Wilderness Songs
This second volume of verse by Grace Hazard Conkling -- American poet, author and musician -- ranges in theme from close observations of the…
Huesca
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Seth Harwood
In A Long Way from Disney - Part I
It's the 1980s in Boston: the Celtics are rolling, the Patriots got crushed by the Bears, and the Sox are the Sox. Adam Berkman is learning …
He Thinks of Her Lineage
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F. S. Flint
In In the Net of the Stars
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…