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Annette and Sylvie
Romain RollandSo, when I have once adopted Jean-Christophe, or Colas, or Annette Rivière, I am no more than the secretary of their thoughts. I listen to them, I see them act, I see through their eyes. In the measur..
Second to None - A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)
James GrantThe day which succeeded that night of destruction at St. Servand and St. Solidore was beautiful. The sun of June was warm and glowing, and brightly it shone on the bluff rocks and embattled walls of S..
Second to None - A Military Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)
James GrantRothenburg was surprised by the Duc de Broglie; his brother the Count de Broglie, and his nephew the Count de Bourgneuf, "with sixteen companies of grenadiers, one thousand four hundred infantry, the ..
The Lords of High Decision
Meredith NicholsonColonel Craighill was a capital talker and he gave an intimate turn to his account of the Washington meeting, uttering the names of his distinguished associates in the Federation with frank pride in t..
A Tragic Idyl
Paul BourgetThe group of three persons who had been compelled to choose a corner of this mundane caravansary for that romantic conspiracy was composed of a young man and two women. The young man appeared to be th..
Lord Alistair's Rebellion
Allen UpwardOn the midmost arch of Westminster Bridge a young man stood alone, leaning over the parapet, and sounding with his eyes the black depth of the water below. His whole air and appearance were out of har..
The Story of Andre Cornelis
Paul BourgetI was nine years old. It was in 1864, in the month of June, at the close of a warm afternoon. I was at my studies in my room as usual, having come in from the Lycée Bonaparte, and the outer shutters w..
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 3 (of 3)
Alain Rene Le SageDon Huberto, a man totally devoid of principle, could not feel his passion to be foiled without entertaining a mean spirit of revenge. He knew the weak side of Don Anastasio's temper. This was enough ..