| Introduction |
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1 | (4) |
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Aiken, Conrad, ``The Dark City'' |
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5 | (13) |
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11 | (1) |
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On My Knees Before My Beans |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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Alcott, Louisa May, Little Women |
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18 | (4) |
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Friendly Little Neighbors |
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19 | (1) |
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Rose Petals (or Beyond Potpourri) |
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20 | (2) |
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Anderson, Sherwood, Winesburg, Ohio |
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22 | (7) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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Balzac, Honore de, The Country Doctor |
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29 | (6) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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Baum, L. Frank Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
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35 | (5) |
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38 | (2) |
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Bronte, Charlotte, Jane Eyre |
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40 | (7) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Carroll, Lewis, Through the Looking-Glass |
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47 | (10) |
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The Garden of Live Flowers |
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51 | (4) |
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The Shrill Little Daisies |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Cather, Willa, Death Comes for the Archbishop |
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57 | (11) |
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58 | (4) |
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A Blanket of Purple Verbena |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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The Placement of Fruit Trees |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (3) |
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Cather, Willa, My Antonia |
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68 | (22) |
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Something Under the Sun: The Pumpkin Patch |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (1) |
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The Garden of Autumn Glory |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (4) |
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The Orchard (or Love Them As If They Were People) |
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79 | (2) |
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Building the Frame for a Grape Arbor |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (2) |
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Chestnutt, Charles, The House Behind the Cedars |
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90 | (7) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (7) |
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The Herb Garden That Begs to Be Touched |
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99 | (1) |
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Culinary Graces: A Garden Herb Salad |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (2) |
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Dickens, Charles, The Pickwick Papers |
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104 | (4) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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Du Maurier, Daphne, Rebecca |
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108 | (7) |
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110 | (2) |
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The Slaughterous Red Rhododendron |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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Eliot, George, The Mill on the Floss |
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115 | (4) |
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117 | (2) |
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Falkner J. Meade, Moonfleet |
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119 | (6) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, Tender Is the Night |
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125 | (9) |
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Nicole Diver's Summer Garden |
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127 | (3) |
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The Kaleidoscopic Peonies |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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Forster, E. M., Howards End |
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134 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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Forester, E. M., Where Angels Fear to Trade |
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136 | (4) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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Harry, Thomas, The Return of the Native |
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140 | (4) |
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The Lost Art of Making a Maypole |
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142 | (2) |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, The Blithedale Romance |
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144 | (4) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, ``Rappaccini's Daughter''' |
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148 | (9) |
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The Garden Beneath Giovanni's Window |
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150 | (2) |
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Garden Ornament and Sculpture |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny |
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157 | (6) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Hugo, Victor, Les Miserables |
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163 | (4) |
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165 | (1) |
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The Heyday of the Gillyflowers |
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166 | (1) |
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Lawrence, D. H., Sons and Lovers |
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167 | (6) |
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169 | (2) |
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A Tapestry of White Phlox |
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171 | (1) |
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The Big Stand of Madonna Lilies |
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172 | (1) |
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Mansfield, Katherine, ``Bliss'' |
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173 | (5) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (2) |
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Orczy, Baroness Emmuska, The Scarlet Pimpernel |
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178 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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Proust, Marcel, Remembrance of Things Past: Swann's Way |
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180 | (4) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (1) |
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Sandburg, Carl, Rootabaga Stories: ``How to Tell Corn Fairies If You See 'Em'' |
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184 | (7) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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191 | (7) |
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An Indulgent Comer of Annuals |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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Trollope, Anthony, The Small House at Allington |
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198 | (6) |
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Croquet and Other Vigorous Lawn Games |
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200 | (2) |
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Miss Lily Dale's Perfect Lawn |
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202 | (2) |
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Turgenev, Ivan, On the Eve |
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204 | (6) |
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The Contemplative Shade Garden |
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206 | (2) |
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A Lime Tree Wherever You Are |
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208 | (2) |
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Twain, Mark, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
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210 | (5) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (2) |
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Wharton, Edith, Ethan Frome |
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215 | (3) |
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216 | (2) |
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Wharton, Edith, The House of Mirth |
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218 | (6) |
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220 | (2) |
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The Lingering Summer Garden |
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222 | (2) |
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
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224 | (4) |
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225 | (1) |
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The Palette of Wild Mushrooms |
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225 | (3) |
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Wilde, Oscar, ``Devoted Friend'' |
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228 | (7) |
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230 | (2) |
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Shepherd's Purse and Other Quirky Flowers of Yesteryear |
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232 | (3) |
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Wilde, Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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235 | (3) |
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236 | (2) |
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Wolfe, Thomas, Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life |
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238 | (7) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (9) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (2) |
| Reading Last |
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254 | (2) |
| List of Illustrations |
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256 | (1) |
| Resources |
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257 | (10) |
| Index |
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