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Persuasion (version 7)

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Jane Austen


Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to get out of debt, rents their home to an Admiral. The brother of the…

14 - Chapter XIV. In the Siren Country

In When Knighthood Was in Flower

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Charles Major


Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henr…

16 - RICHMOND

In The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

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Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

Chapter 7

In The Romance of the Forest

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Ann Radcliffe


A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …

BOOK I. CHAPTER XV. PART I

In The Heavenly Twins

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Sarah Grand


First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub p…