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Urbain Grandier Celebrated Crimes

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

Explore Urbain Grandier Celebrated Crimes through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Cri...

Crime
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Utilitarianism

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873

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Utilitarianism
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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890-October 1894

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- CorrespondenceAuthors, Scottish -- 19th century -- CorrespondenceStevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Travel -- Samoan Islands
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Vaninka Celebrated Crimes

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Vendetta

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 [Translator]

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Historical fictionFrench fiction -- Translations into English
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Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865

Ripley, William Y. W. (William Young Warren), 1832-1905

Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental h...

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental historiesUnited States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1864). Company F
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Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 1 Suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littéraires

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Castéra, Jean-Henri, 1749-1838 [Translator]

Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 1 Suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littéraires — French source edition. Subject: Franklin,...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 2 suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littéraires

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Castéra, Jean-Henri, 1749-1838 [Translator]

Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 2 suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littéraires — French source edition. Subject: Franklin,...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine

Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882; Shackford, Charles C. (Charles Chauncy), 1815-1891 [Translator]

Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- FictionGerman fiction -- Translations into EnglishRhine River Valley -- Fiction
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Village Life in America 1852-1872, Including the Period of the American Civil War As Told in the Diary of a School-Girl

Richards, Caroline Cowles, 1842-1913; Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson, 1838-1912 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Village Life in America 1852-1872, Including the Period of the American Civil War As Told in the Diary of a School-Girl — English source edition. Subject:...

Richards, Caroline Cowles, 1842-1913Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- Social life and customsCanandaigua (N.Y.) -- History
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Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Essays
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