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A Day with One of the Navvies. -Morning

In The Three Clerks

Read by Paul Stephens


Anthony Trollope


The Three Clerks was Trollope’s sixth novel and was written mostly in railway carriages, since his work for the Post Office still entailed a…

06 - Volume One, Chapter 6: A Ducking Deserved

In Gwen Wynn - A Romance of the Wye

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Mayne Reid and Thomas Mayne Reid


Gwendoline Wynn, our heroine, is an orphan-heiress who lives on the river Wye. She will live with aunt until she comes of age and her money.…

26 - CHAPTER XXVI - CHATHAM DOCKYARD

In The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens


The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

06 - Section 6

In The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath

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Oliver Goldsmith, ed. Peter Cunningham and Oliver Goldsmith


Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the…