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...An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative , and Two Other Stories. This volume also includes Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, which are concerned with maturity and old age, respectively. Youth is narrated by Charles Marlow who is also the narrat...

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...The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York State, and her eventual escape to Freedom. Since Sojourner could neither read or write, she d...

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Excerpt: Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey.

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... BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania S... ...................................................................... 339 4 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers NARRATIVE AND MISCELLA- NEOUS PAPERS BY ... ...ds, or even swallowed up in ruin themselves, or their course turned out 6 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers of the sunny beams into a dark wildernes... ... out of consideration for the descen- dants of one person concerned in the narrative: otherwise, it might not have been requisite: for it is proper to... ... eager to lose no hour of an enjoyment that might prove so fleeting. It 8 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers seemed as if the whole population of the... ... beside.’ But wherefore seek to delay ascending by a natural climax to 10 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers that final consummation and perfect crow... ... of haughty pretension, fled before the childlike innocence, the sweet 12 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers feminine timidity, and the more than che... ...y Agnes was at that time in her twenty-first year; and I may here add, 14 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers with respect to myself, that I was in my...

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...Table of Contents Forward 1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 4 Volume I: NARRATIVE DISCUSSION 6 Chapter 1: Constitutional Overview 6 Chapter 2: Money Raised to Fund the Revolutionary War 28 Chapter 3: Weights and Measures 52 Chapter 4: Constitutional Monetary Clauses 57 Chapter 5: Prelim...

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...Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by form...

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Excerpt: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...pportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper INTRODUCTION IT IS BELIEVED that... ...ny ear in the prov- inces so deaf as not to have drunk in with avidity the narrative of some fearful tale of midnight murder, in which the natives of ... ...tray his unbelief. He listened like one who was convinced, and resumed his narrative in his former solemn manner. “We came from the place where the su... ...” was the slow and musing answer; “’tis not often that books are made, and narratives written of such a scrimmage as was here fou’t atween the Mohican... ...on of his father with that sort of intenseness which would be created by a narrative that redounded so much to the honor of those whose names he had l... ...om the capture of the fort was drawing to a close, but the business of the narrative must still detain the reader on the shores of the “holy lake.” Wh...

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...The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel, published in 1838.The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Various adv...

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Excerpt: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gilbert.

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...Contents NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 HER BIRTH AND PAR...

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... (1850) Dictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information... ... Sojourner Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH ................................................. ................................................................... 93 4 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) Dictat... ... (1850) Dictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information... ...n by Olive Gilbert, based on information provided by Sojourner Truth. 1850 NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE The subject of this bi... ...s a fortu- nate one, as Master Charles was the best of the family,— 5 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth being, comparatively speaking, a kind master t... ... or consti- tutional cruelty of the master, as to that gigantic in- 6 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth consistency, that inherited habit among slaveh...

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...an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith PRELUDE A CHAPTER OF WHICH THE LAST PAGE ONLY ... ...misfortune-sodden features and mem- bers for a continuation of the doleful narrative. “How did this occur?” Sir Willoughby peremptorily asked him. Fli... ...uccour of Mrs Mountstuart. “Drive straight,” she said, and braced him. His narrative was then direct. Near Piper’s mill, where the Wicker brook crosse... ...ing. The risky com- munication was to come. Vernon was proceeding with the narrative of Willoughby’s generous plan when Dr. Middleton electrified him ...

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...The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time spent in slavery, serving primarily on galleys, documents his attempts at becoming an independent man t...

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...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... .......................... 70 4 Charlotte M. Yonge LADY HESTER; OR, URSULA’S NARRATIVE by Charlotte M Yonge CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA CH... ...nd she pointed to the papers on the table. They were her mother’s attested narrative, and the certificate of her burial. My brother read aloud, “The 3...

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Excerpt: Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglas.

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...5 1845 1845 1845 1845 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave by Frederick ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATI... ... CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE LIFE... ...s to become acquainted with Frederick Douglas, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every mem- ber of that body; but, ha... ...s strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtu- 4 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ous traits of character, by his... ...h gave utter- ance to many noble thoughts and thrilling reflections. As 5 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass soon as he had taken his seat, ... ...st abun- dant; and his success in combating prejudice, in gaining pros- 6 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass elytes, in agitating the public... ...al Association, March 31, 1845. “No matter,” said Mr. O’Connell, “under 7 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass what specious term it may disgu...