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The Story of a Picture

Sherley, Douglass, 1857-1917

The Story of a Picture — English source edition. Subject: Short stories.

Short stories
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The Story of Hiawatha, Adapted from Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882; Stokes, Winston; Kirk, Maria Louise, 1860-1938 [Illustrator]

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Indians of North America -- PoetryHiawatha, active 15th century -- PoetryIroquois Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Poetry
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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung

Morris, William, 1834-1896; Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945 [Contributor]; Scott, Helen [Editor]; Turner, Winifred [Editor]

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Völsunga saga
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This is not a story

Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784; Phalen, Peter [Translator]

This is not a story — English source edition. Subject: Short stories, French.

Short stories, French
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Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848

Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Y...

China -- Description and travel
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Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 [Contributor]; D'Arcy, Ella, 1857-1937 [Contributor]; Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 [Contributor]; Gissing, George, 1857-1903 [Contributor]; Morrison, Arthur, 1863-1945 [Contributor]

Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages — English source edition. Subject: Short stories, English.

Short stories, English
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Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 [Contributor]; Crackanthorpe, Hubert, 1870-1896 [Contributor]; Egerton, George, 1859-1945 [Contributor]; Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 [Contributor]; Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926 [Contributor]

Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship — English source edition. Subject: Short stories.

Short storiesCourtship -- Fiction
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Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 [Contributor]; Besant, Walter, 1836-1901 [Contributor]; Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 [Contributor]; James, Henry, 1843-1916 [Contributor]; Moore, George, 1852-1933 [Contributor]

Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages — English source edition. Subject: Short stories.

Short storiesMarriage -- Fiction
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