Literature
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The Three Tools of Death by G.K. Chesterton
The Three Tools of Death was published in The Innocence of Father Brown (1911). Both by calling and conviction Father…
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A Matter of Principle by Charles W. Chesnutt
I“What our country needs most in its treatment of the race problem,” observed Mr. Cicero Clayton at one of the…
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Cicely’s Dream by Charles W. Chesnutt
IThe old woman stood at the back door of the cabin, shading her eyes with her hand, and looking across…
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Her Virginia Mammy by Charles W. Chesnutt
IThe pianist had struck up a lively two-step, and soon the floor was covered with couples, each turning on its…
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The Bouquet by Charles W. Chesnutt
Mary Myrover’s friends were somewhat surprised when she began to teach a colored school. Miss Myrover’s friends are mentioned here,…
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The Passing of Grandison by Charles W. Chesnutt
“The Passing of Grandison” is featured in the African American Library, a collection of literary works by African-American authors, with…
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The Sheriffs’ Children by Charles W. Chesnutt
Branson County, North Carolina, is in a sequestered district of one of the staidest and most conservative States of the…
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The Web of Circumstance by Charles W. Chesnutt
IWithin a low clapboarded hut, with an open front, a forge was glowing. In front a blacksmith was shoeing a…
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The Wife of His Youth by Charles W. Chesnutt
IMr. Ryder was going to give a ball. There were several reasons why this was an opportune time for such…
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Uncle Wellington’s Wives by Charles W. Chesnutt
IUncle Wellington Braboy was so deeply absorbed in thought as he walked slowly homeward from the weekly meeting of the…
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