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"The Patch-Work Quilt"
An elderly Black woman's story of a patchwork quilt that was sewn during the thirty years she worked in the home of a White family.
Imelda of Bologna
In the Italian city of Bologna, a tragedy unites Imelda with her family’s enemy, the lord Boniface. The two fall in love, but are plotted against by Imelda’s brothers. While Imelda and Boniface plan their escape from danger, Imelda’s brothers plan…
Life is Sweet
The narrator reflects on the vicissitudes of life and moralizes about the benefits of suffering and giving to others.
"Cacoethes Scribendi"
A young woman is embarrassed when her writing is published by her family without her knowledge.
"Old Maids"
Two women are discussing the negative views of old maids, and one gives the sad account of an old maid who gave up her true love for the happiness of her sister, and the unintended consequences of that sacrifice for all of the parties involved.
Country Pleasures
The narrator writes of a little girl, Lucy, who recently lost her mother and brother to death. Her father sends her to live with her aunt and cousin for a year in the country.
Mary Dyre
An account of the persecution and execution of New England Quaker Mary Dyre by the Pilgrims in the 1660s.