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The Patchwork Quilt EDITED JR_DG.pdf
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 pg 253.pdf
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 rev2.pdf
The narrator reflects on the vicissitudes of life and moralizes about the benefits of suffering and giving to others.

Crescent Beach_rev.pdf
The narrator tells a story about her vacation on a beach, focusing on a little girl’s relationship with her young mother and the mother’s adultery.

The Bridal Ring.pdf
Arabella, a young woman of particular musical talent and beauty, becomes engaged to Wingfield Clayborne. Clayborne falls out of love with her and requests the ring back. Arabella takes literally the vow she gave Clayborne and returns the ring only…

Truth vs. Fiction edited.pdf
The narrator is encouraged to abandon fiction and to write about real life, and tells the stories of two village women who passed in the previous year.

Our Robins edited.pdf
The narrator spends time with her dying friend and the friend's young son, sharing a love of flowers and birds, and reflecting on the habits of robins and their similarities to human beings.

Was it Providence_edited.pdf
The narrator provides several examples of people who died, and questions whether their deaths should be attributed to God's will or human actions.
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