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Anna Harriette Leonowens - English Governess at the Siamese Court
In 1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, king of Siam. The king wished to give his 39 wives and concubines and 82...
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Hugh B. Cave - Astounding Stories 02, February 1930
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Jane Eayre Fryer - Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book
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Willa Sibert Cather - Youth and the Bright Medusa, and The Troll Garden
Youth And The Bright Medusa comprises eight short stories published in 1920. Four of them (The Sculptor’s Funeral; A Death In The Desert; A Wagner Matinee; Paul’s Case) are re-worked from an earlier collection, The...
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