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The crucible

a play in four acts
Presents the text of the Arthur Miller play about the hysteria that gripped Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 after a vengeful teenager leveled an accusation of witchcraft against her employer.

Incidents in the life of a slave girl

The author describes her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her eventual escape, and emancipation, including descriptions of the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space above her grandmother's attic.

Persuasion

Anne Elliot, persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard, questions her decision to send him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.

The moon is down

A beautiful, provincial Norwegian town is invaded by German soldiers. An act of brutality begins an uncontrollable, unalterable chain of events.

Little women

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about the relationship of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies during the mid-nineteenth century in New England.

Penrod

2007
Presents Booth Tarkington's classic story about Penrod Schofield, a twelve-year-old boy growing up in a small midwestern city.

Riders of the purple sage

1913
Jane Withersteen, a wealthy young woman and ranch owner in Mormon Utah in the late 1800s, having angered the Church elders by refusing to marry, is championed by Lassiter, a gunman who has a special dislike for the Mormons.

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Democracy

an American novel
2008
A republication of the 1880 novel in which society widow Mrs. Lightfoot Lee meets Senate member Silas Ratcliffe, and together the two discover how corrupt the government is in Washington during the 1870s.

The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman

2003
A novel in which the author uses the story of Tristram Shandy, a country gentleman, as a backdrop for digressions mocking the foibles of human nature.

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