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The Stolen White Elephant

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Mark Twain

In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local po…

The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787

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United States Government and Unit

This 1787 document defines the rights and responsibilities of federal government of the United States of America.

Four Clever Brothers, The

In Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…

Chapter 19

In The Custom of the Country

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this nov…

INVERTED COMMAS

In Stops, or How to Punctuate

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Paul Allardyce

Throughout the ages, languages continue to adapt and change. English, being a relatively new language, is a nice example of that. Though the…

Chapter 26

In Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It …

Author's Introduction

In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior…

Chapter 27

In A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

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Jules Verne

Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre d…

Stave 3

In A Christmas Carol

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Charles Dickens

A classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficul…