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The historical story of Pere Mesnard is combined with an account of a young Native captive who becomes a Catholic martyr.

CMS_ AN INCIDENT AT ROME .pdf
The narrator, traveling in Italy, meets an English lady, who recounts the story of Mrs. Bathurst and her son Murray, a young antiquarian who goes mad while conducting research in Rome. He is eventually reunited with his mother and restored to sanity.…

Magnetism Among the Shakers pdf.pdf
A sketch in which the speaker relates a conversation between an older male Shaker and his sister about Shaker beliefs and practices.

The Irish Girl.pdf
A young Irish servant is in love with a man whose father will not let him marry her because she is a “Paddy girl.” The young woman drowns, shortly after learning of her beloved's decision to marry a non-Irish woman. Her brother vows revenge, but…

Might versus Right.pdf
A young woman from a wealthy family marries and her husband legally gains rights to all of her property. The husband's poor business management and drinking cause him to lose the money, and the wife must work to support the family. When the husband…

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.

A widower is deceived by a Deacon into believing she has been left nothing. When she marries a man outside of the church she is threatened with excommunication.
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