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Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Prefaces
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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Read Chapter I of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The opening makes a confident claim about a wealthy unmarried man, then shifts attention towards the s...

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Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904; Widger, David, 1932-2021 [Editor]

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Russia -- Social life and customs -- FictionChekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into EnglishShort stories, Russian -- Translations into English
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Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891; Widger, David, 1932-2021 [Compiler]

Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals — English source edition. Subject: Generals -- United States -- Biography.

Generals -- United States -- BiographyGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
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Promenades of an Impressionist

Huneker, James, 1857-1921

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Proposed Surrender of the Prayer-Book and Articles of the Church of England A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on Professor Stanley's Views of Clerical and University "Subscription"

Irons, William J. (William Josiah), 1812-1883

Proposed Surrender of the Prayer-Book and Articles of the Church of England A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on Professor Stanley's Views of Clerical...

Church of England. Book of common prayerStanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881. Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on the state of subscription in the Church of England and in the University of OxfordChurch of England. Thirty-nine Articles
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Psychology and Social Practice

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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Psychology: Briefer Course

James, William, 1842-1910

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