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Edna Ferber

"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…

OVER THE WATER TO CHINA

In New Treasure Seekers

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E. Nesbit

Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…

The Peterkins Decide To Keep A Cow

In The Peterkin Papers (version 2)

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Lucretia P. Hale

The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …

The Flight of Two Owls

In The House of the Seven Gables (Version 2)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft…

"I Expect the Assassin This Evening"

In The Mystery of the Yellow Room

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Gaston Leroux

This crime novel was possibly the first to involve a 'locked room mystery', in which an attempted murder takes place, but with no obvious wa…

15 Vol 2, Ch 04

In The Last Man

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Mary Shelley

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a futu…

In Search of Peace and Fortune.

In Shakspere: Personal Recollections

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John A. Joyce

A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…

Letter V from an Englishwoman's Love Letters

In Coffee Break Collection 005 - Love and Relationships

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William James McGlothlin

This is a collection of 20 short works (between 3 and 15 minutes long) that are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time…