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The Adventures of Peregrine PickleT. Smollett The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle CHAPTER I An Account of Mr. Gamaliel Pickle—The Disposition of his Sister described—He yields to her Solicitations, and returns to the Country.In a certain county of England, bounded on one side by the sea, and at th...

Sämmtliche Werke 4: MirgorodNikolai Vasilevich Gogol Sämmtliche Werke 4: Mirgorod / Gutsbesitzer der alten Zeit / Taraß Bulba / Wij / Wie Iwan / Iwanowitsch und Iwan Nikiforowitsch sich entzweiten / Die / Equipage Vorrede des Herausgebers Die in diesem Bande vereinigten Erzählungen bilden die For...

The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far WestChapter One. The Father of WatersChapter Two. Six Months in the Crescent CityChapter Three. The “Belle of the West.”Chapter Four. The Rival BoatsChapter Five. A Desirable Fellow-PassengerChapter Six. Antoine the StewardChapter Seven. The StartingChapter Eig...

Aurora Floyd. Volume 1Mary Elizabeth Braddon Aurora Floyd, Vol. 1 / Fifth Edition DedicatedTOADMIRAL AND MRS. BASDEN,WITH THEAFFECTIONATE REGARDSOFTHE AUTHORCHAPTER I. HOW A RICH BANKER MARRIED AN ACTRESS Faint streaks of crimson glimmer here and there amidst the rich darkness of the Kentish wood...

The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New YorkAlfred Henry Lewis The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York THE WORD OF PREFACEIt should be said in the beginning that these memoirs will not be written by my own hand. I have no skill of pen and ink, and any relation of length would be beyond my genius...

Landmarks in French LiteratureLytton Strachey Landmarks in French Literature TOJ.M.SCHAPTER I ORIGINS—THE MIDDLE AGES When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved. This language, in spite...

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Two Years Ago, Volume IICharles Kingsley Two Years Ago, Volume II CHAPTER XV. THE CRUISE OF THE WATERWITCH The middle of August is come at last; and with it the solemn day on which Frederick Viscount Scoutbush may be expected to revisit the home of his ancestors. Elsley has gradually made up his ...

Jane, Stewardess of the Air LinesWheeler Ruthe S. Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines Chapter One Graduation Night Jane Cameron looked breathlessly around the room where seventeen senior nurses of the Good Samaritan hospital at University City sat primly awaiting their diplomas. It was graduation n...

Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Wilde Oscar Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. Women are made to be loved, not to be understood. It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. M...