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Chapter 20: Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his Brethren

In The Newcomes

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William Makepeace Thackeray

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family was written in serial form in 1854- 1855 by the author of such works as Vanity Fair, The …

Chapter 31

In Thyrza

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George Gissing

Thyrza is a working class woman. Three men are in love with her. Even though she is engaged to a man of her class, who is very kind, she fal…

Little Wizard Stories of Oz

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L. Frank Baum

The "Little Wizard Stories of Oz" are six short stories written by L. Frank Baum in 1913. By all accounts, Baum intended to finish…

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In Danse Russe

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William Carlos Williams

Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work…

Chapter 19 - An Interlude

In Anne of the Island

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L.M. Montgomery and Lucy Maud Montgomery

This is the continuing story of Anne Shirley and the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series. In it Anne attends Redmond College where…

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In Art and Heart

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 3…

Kojata

In The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales

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translated by Joseph Baudis and Joseph Baudis

Not your common fairy tales, this collection is a mixture of morals, quirkiness, and sarcasm. In it one finds ironic derivatives (if not roo…

Chapter 11: Duty to Parents

In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior…

Barney Hainsfeather

In Spoon River Anthology

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Edgar Lee Masters

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…

How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail

In The Autobiography of Mother Jones

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Mother Jones and Mary Harris Jones

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the I…