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Everything We Know and Love About Jane Austen
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The Colorful Life of Alice Walker
Alice Walker published The Color Purple in 1982. With it, she became the...
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Preface to the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica
First page of the preface to the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Illustration of the Walden Pond cabin
Henry David Thoreau's cabin, illustration by Thoreau's sister Sophia from the title...
From Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau, 1854
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams.
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