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Excerpt: The Wings of the Dove by Henry James.

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...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC... ...A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...- ness—so positive and palpable that it was somehow sus- taining. It was a medium, a setting, and to that extent, 27 Henry James after all, a dreadfu... ...ulti- plied and clustered, making fairly, for our young woman, the buoyant medium in which her friend talked and moved. They sat together, I say, but ... ...nd the clear plate of a cafe in Venice. The great glass at Florian’s was a medium less obscure, even with the win- dow down, than the air of the Londo...

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...Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...of a young ladies’ boarding-school, the Latin and Greek of seminaries, the literature of the dead languages, and to a very restricted choice of French... ... her into the regions of knowledge and of imagina- tion, into the world of literature, instead of holding her within the rigid circle defined by the f... ...crossed by their alliances. Mademoiselle des Touches, a true Breton, is of medium height, though she looks taller than she really is. This effect is p... ... not replying to Claude Vignon’s remark. She presented to Calyste a man of medium height, thin and slender, with chestnut hair, eyes that were almost ...

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Excerpt: Pierre Grassou by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac, translated by Clara Bell and others.

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...Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac T T T T Translated by Clara B ranslated by Clara B ranslated by Clara B ranslated by Clara B r... ...B ranslated by Clara B ranslated by Clara B ranslated by Clara B ranslated by Clara Bell and others ell and others ell and others ell and others ell a... ... and others A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and others is a publication of the P... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...ound formed by a cloudy sky, barely whitened by the moon. Seen through the medium of that strange atmosphere, they bore a vague resemblance to spec- t... ...ike a day-laborer’s, it was easy to see that he must formerly have been of medium height. His excessive thinness, the slenderness of his limbs, proved...

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Excerpt: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Excerpt: The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: Unconsious Comedians by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Unconscious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unconsious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Unconsious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylva- nia... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...atural joviality now repressed by ambitious ideas. He is blessed with that medium height which is the privilege of sound organizations. He is rather p... ...e third story, where they beheld a door which painting alone could render; literature would have to spend too many nights in suitably describing it. A...

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Excerpt: The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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... State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any wa... ...cs Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project t... ...Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 ... ...ll and valley go sauntering about their business as in the days before the flood. To reach Mount Saint Helena from San Francisco, the traveller has tw... ...rticularly meeting him with open arms; and I must say that traveller had ill requited his reception. His book, in short, was a capital instance of the... ...te to place a bishop, is to rise to new ideas. But, alas! there was no Patterson about the Toll House. Only, alongside of “From Palace to Hovel,” a si... ...o much, and no more, is certain. Silverado, then under my immediate sway, belonged to one whom I will call a Mr. Ronalds. I only knew him through the ...

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Excerpt: The Reef by Edith Wharton.

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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Excerpt: Washington Square by Henry James.

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Excerpt: Seraphita by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

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Excerpt: The Professor by Charlotte Bronte.

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Excerpt: The Rescue by Joseph Conrad.

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