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Jean Gourdon’s Four Days by Emile Zola
SPRING On that particular day, at about five o’clock in the morning, the sun entered with delightful abruptness into the…
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Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola
CHAPTER I – MY PASSING It was on a Saturday, at six in the morning, that I died after a…
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Captain Burle by Emile Zola
CHAPTER I – THE SWINDLE It was nine o’clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired…
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Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Benjamin Franklin
This biography of Benjamin Franklin was written by H.A. Lewis in his book, Hidden Treasures: Why Some Succeed While Others…
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A Child’s Biography by Benjamin Franklin
This biography of Benjamin Franklin for children was excerpted from Mary Stoyell Stimpson’s book, A Child’s Book of American Biography…
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A Child’s Biography by Ralph Waldo Emerson
This biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson for children was excerpted from Mary Stoyell Stimpson’s book, A Child’s Book of American…
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Tom Tiddler’s Ground by Charles Dickens
Table of ContentsChapter I – Picking Up Soot And CindersChapter II – omittedChapter III – omittedChapter IV – omittedChapter V…
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To Be Read at Dusk by Charles Dickens
One, two, three, four, five. There were five of them. Five couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on…
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Three Detective Anecdotes by Charles Dickens
I. – The Pair of Gloves ‘It’s a singler story, sir,’ said Inspector Wield, of the Detective Police, who, in…
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The Wreck of the Golden Mary by Charles Dickens
THE WRECK I was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have encountered a great…
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