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Gerard Manley Hopkins - Windhover
«Windhover» is another name for the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air,...
annie70
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Thomas Hardy - Ruined Maid
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from...
annie70
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Frost at Midnight
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He...
annie70
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Published 1900 onward
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Florence Morse Kingsley - Transfiguration of Miss Philura
What would happen if someone really believed that «Ask and you shall receive»? Amusing observations on the impact on the life of mild-mannered spinster Miss Philura and her acquaintances in their small American...
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Poetry
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D. H. Lawrence - Love Poems and Others
This is a collection of poems by DH Lawrence. Most of the poems concern love and neighboring emotions, but some poems also concern other themes. — Summary by Carolin
Melissa Perry
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Poetry
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Henry Kendall - Leaves from Australian Forests
This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. It is the second volume of his collected poems, and contains some of his most widely-known verses, such as «Bell-Birds», «The Hut by the Black Swamp»,...
Algy Pug
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Published 1900 onward
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Florence Morse Kingsley - Miss Philura's Wedding Gown
Follow-up to «The Transfiguration of Miss Philura»....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that «Ask and you have already received» be proved right or will her hopes be dashed, and the disapproving...
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Romance
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Elinor Glyn - Visits of Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a young and naive debutante who is travelling around England and France fom one house party to the next, visiting friends and family, in search of a suitable husband. She is a rather good correspondent,...
Marta A
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Family Life
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Florence Morse Kingsley - Neighbors
The final story featuring the inhabitants of the growing township of Innisfield: Mrs Philura Pettibone’s story reaches its long-awaited conclusion and Miss Malvina’s life is changed forever by the arrival of various...
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Published 1900 onward
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Florence Morse Kingsley - Heart of Philura
(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women working to support themselves or their families, in jobs that will soon...
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Literary Collections
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Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry and Prose by well known authors of the time. — Summary by David Lawrence
David Lawrence
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Culture & Heritage Fiction
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George Gissing - Crown Of Life
So what is the crown of life? Follow the journey of Piers and Irene as they attempt to discover. It is both a coming of age novel and love story at the same time, one which would bring delight to philosophers with...
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Stolen Bacillus and other stories
H. G. Wells
Eight Keys to Eden
Mark Clifton
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
William Blake
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Around the World with the Children
Frank G. Carpenter
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