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University of Virginia Library: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This often-banned book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is discussed on this comprehensive essay which is part of a larger collection, Mark Twain in his Times. Read contemporary reviews, find out about how the book was advertised when...
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University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, and hundreds of images related to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.
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University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Roughing It
A complete look at Mark Twain's second major work, "Roughing It." You'll find the text, illustrations, contemporary reviews, publicity, and Mark Twain's schedule on his lecture circuit.
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University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...
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Mark Twain in His Times: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
As part of a larger site, Mark Twain in his Times, this site on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" offers the text, selected illustrations, advertisements for the book when first published, contemporary reviews, and much more information...
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The University of Virginia: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
A classic psychological text by Gustave Le Bon on crowd behavior, first published in 1896. The full text of this work is organized by chapter.
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University of Virginia: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Read an online version of a 1909 Harvard Classics edition of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," including the front matter, illustrations, and an introductory note.
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The University of Virginia: Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life
Maintained by the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, this site offers the full text of Guy de Maupassant's "Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life" which includes 27 short stories. Also provided are...
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University of Virginia: The Valley of Decision
This e-text from the University of Virginia's e-text library provides a contemporary (1902) review of Edith Wharton's "The Valley of Decision" by Frederick Taber Cooper. The review originally appeared in Cooper's book "Nine Books of Some...
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University of Virginia: A View of the Rights of British America
Before writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson made his views known through "A Summary View of the Rights of British America" and other essays. This essay discusses the historical roots of independence and inalienable...
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University of Virginia Library: Lord Alfred Tennyson, "Lancelot & Elaine"
Read the text to Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine," which is accompanied by pictures of an "Elaine," manuscript, held by the University of Virginia.
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University of Virginia Library: The Deserted Village
You can read the full text to Oliver Goldsmith's poem, "The Deserted Village."
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Univ. Of Virginia: Charles Dudley Warner, "The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin"
This University of Virginia Library site provides the full text of Charles Dudley Warner's 1896 essay on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It includes the history of the secession crisis.
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University of Virginia: Lydia Maria Child (1802 to 1880)
Read excerpts from Lydia Maria Child's first book, Hobomok, about a Native American who helped the early New England settlers.
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University of Virginia: Corliss Steam Engine
This essay from the University of Virginia provides an incredible graphic of the Corliss steam engine as shown at the America's Centennial Exposition, held in Philadelphia in 1876. Includes some descriptive text.