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...e by Charlotte Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...a State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë PREFACE A PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION of Jan... ...ublishers, for the aid their tact, their energy, their practical sense and frank liberality have afforded an unknown and unrecommended Author. The Pre... ...ean the timo- rous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as “Jane Eyre:” in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect i... ...ed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Men too often confound 4 Jane Eyre them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mis... ...e disposi- tion, a more attractive and sprightly manner—something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were—she really must ex- clude me from privile... ... arms round her and said, “Come, Bessie! don’t scold.” The action was more frank and fearless than any I was ha- bituated to indulge in: somehow it pl... ...er I expected of you: you were no beauty as a child.” I smiled at Bessie’s frank answer: I felt that it was correct, 93 Charlotte Brontë but I confes...

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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Chapter 1 IT IS A TRUTH univ... ...a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. But you are al- ways giving her t... ...rs at least.” Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic 5 Jane Austen humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three- and... ...ot find me so. My character has ever been celebrated for its sincerity and frank- ness, and in a cause of such moment as this, I shall certainly not d... ...e, that there is no foundation for it?” “I do not pretend to possess equal frankness with your la- dyship. You may ask questions which I shall not cho... ...ably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady Catherine, frankly and openly.” Elizabeth coloured and laughed as she replied, “Yes, y... ...Elizabeth coloured and laughed as she replied, “Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to...

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... Austen A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Persuasion by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Persuasion by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen (1818) Chapter 1 SIR WALTER ELLIOT, o... ...r daughters. This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might 5 Jane Austen have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance. Thirt... ...t book, and especially the history of her own family, must ever present 7 Jane Austen the remembrance of. The heir presumptive, the very William Walt... ...decided imperfection. Her early impressions were incurable. She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and ... ... did perceive and acknowledge her, however, it was done with all his usual frankness and good humour. “Ha! is it you? Thank you, thank you. This is tr... ...g; but I was looking after some window-curtains, which Lady Alicia and Mrs Frankland were telling me of last night. They described the drawing-room wi...

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...JANE AUSTEN A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES P UBLICATION Emma by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Emma by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen VOLUME I CHAPTER I E MMA WOODHOUSE, handsom... ...udinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much 5 Jane Austen older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere be- love... ...r eight-and- thirty, was not only a very old and intimate friend of the 7 Jane Austen family, but particularly connected with it, as the elder brothe... ... equal kindred to care for, offered to take the whole charge of the little Frank soon after her decease. Some scruples and some reluctance the widower... ...d only himself to please in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to Frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle’s heir, it ha... ...the place to make his merits and prospects a kind of com- mon concern. Mr. Frank Churchill was one of the boasts of Highbury, and a lively curiosity t... ..., or when Mrs. and Miss Bates returned the visit. Now was the time for Mr. Frank Churchill to come among them; and the hope strengthened when it was u...

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...ten A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Mansfield Park by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Jane Austen Mansfield Park (1814) by Jane Austen (1775-1817) CHAPTER I Abou... ...he was pre- paring for her ninth lying-in; and after bewailing the cir- 5 Jane Austen cumstance, and imploring their countenance as sponsors to the e... ...ld, or con- sider ourselves engaged to secure to her hereafter, as cir- 7 Jane Austen cumstances may arise, the provision of a gentlewoman, if no suc... ...n me it shall: it shall go with the other letters; and, as your uncle will frank it, it will cost William nothing.” “My uncle!” repeated Fanny, with a... ...ok. “Yes, when you have written the letter, I will take it to my father to frank.” Fanny thought it a bold measure, but offered no further resistance;... ...ped seven years ago, but a young man of an open, pleasant countenance, and frank, unstudied, but feeling and re- spectful manners, and such as confirm...

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...ry of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago By By By By By F F F F FRANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NORRIS RRIS RRIS RRIS RRIS A P A P A ... ...ICA UBLICA UBLICA TION TION TION TION TION The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Po... ... as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Frank Norris The Pit A Story of Chicago By FRANK NORRIS NEW YO NEW YO NEW Y... ...atitude to Her Who Helped the Most of All. F. N. NEW YORK June 4, 1901. 5 Frank Norris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audit... ...er chin. “Modern novels—no indeed. 45 Frank Norris When I’ve yet to read ‘Jane Eyre,’ and have only read ‘Ivanhoe’ and ‘The Newcomes’ once.” She made... ...ing. He said he had come back to return a copy of a book I had loaned him—’Jane Eyre’ it was. Raining! I never saw it rain as it did that night. He wa...

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...26 V 33 VI 39 VII 47 VIII 56 IX 62 X 72 XI 79 XII 85 XIII 90 XIV 97 XV 103 ii JANE AUSTEN XVI 112 XVII 118 XVIII 123 II 130 XIX 132 XX 141 XXI 147 XX... ...ery imprudent marriage almost always produces. To save herself from useless 4 JANE AUSTEN remonstrance, Mrs. Price never wrote to her family on the s... ... dear sweet tempered boys in love with her. But breed her up with them from 6 JANE AUSTEN this time, and suppose her even to have the beauty of an an... ...near Miss Lee, and not far from the girls, and close by the housemaids, who 8 JANE AUSTEN could either of them help dress her you know, and take care... .... Fanny, whether near or from her cousins, whether in the school room, the 12 JANE AUSTEN drawing room, or the shrubbery, was equally forlorn, finding... ...d upon me it shall; it shall go with the other letters; and as your uncle will frank it, it will cost William nothing.” “My uncle!” repeated Fanny wit... ...d look. “Yes, when you have written the letter, I will take it to my father to frank.” Fanny thought it a bold measure, but offered no farther resista... ...quipped seven years ago, but a young man of an open, pleasant countenance, and frank, unstudied, but feeling and respectful manners, and such as confir...

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...h her husband’s wanted. But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract somethin... ...rance, he apologized for his intrusion by re lating its cause, in a manner so frank and so graceful, that his person, which was uncommonly handsome, ... ..., when she saw that to the per fect good breeding of the gentleman, he united frankness and vivacity, and above all, when she heard him declare that ... ...anty? But I see what you mean. I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank. I have erred against every common place notion of decorum; I hav... ...surprise, than that she, or any of their friends, should be left by tempers so frank, to discover it by accident. Margaret related something to her th...

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...Excerpt: A Dispersion. ?A telegram! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald always will telegraph when he is coming,? said Miss Adeline Mohun, a very pretty, well preserved, though delicate-looking lady of some age about fort...

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...ISPERSION ERSION ERSION ERSION ERSION ‘A TELEGRAM! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald... ...ld be at school all day; but surely some might go to Beechcroft. And mind, Jane, I will not have you overtasking yourself! Do not take any of them wit... ...ot take any of them without having Gillian to help you. That I stipulate.’ Jane Mohun seemed as if she did not hear as these sen- tences were uttered ... ...s to come in to you, and telegraph if I bring any one home with me.’ ‘But, Jane dear—’ However, the door was shut, and by the time Miss Adeline had re... ...’s room, the ever-ready bag was nearly packed. ‘I only wanted to say, dear Jane, that you must give my love to dear Lily. I am grieved—grieved for her... ...alls her artful and de- signing, which sounds to me very much as if Master Frank might admire the damsel. I have a great mind to have the two girls to... ...’s a great secret, but Maura told me in the cloak- room. It is because Mr. Frank wants to be her—to be her— her admirer,’ said Valetta, cocking her he... ... sound sufficed to bring out— ‘It is because of 70 Charlotte M. Young Mr. Frank.’ ‘Mr. Frank Stebbing?’ ‘Yes. He was always after her, and would walk... ..., and looked at the other. ‘Dearest Gillian—After all you have heard about Frank, per- haps you will know that I am very happy. You cannot guess how h...

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............................................................ 5 THE JILTING OF JANE ......................................................................... ...desired. There existed at the time only the little sketch, “The Jilting of Jane,” included in this volume—at least, that is the only tolerable fragmen... ...reer of heroic insistence upon lyrical brevity and a vivid finish, and Mr. Frank Harris was not only printing good short stories by other people, but ... ...7 H.G . Wells where. Kipling was writing short stories; Barrie, Stevenson, Frank-Harris; Max Beerbohm wrote at least one perfect one, “The Happy Hypoc... ...ologi- cal order. H. G. WELLS. 10 The Country of the Blind THE JILTING OF JANE AS I SIT WRITING in my study, I can hear our Jane bumping her way down... ...ce secretly, though it may be unmanly weakness to ad- mit it, even to hear Jane sing “Daisy,” or, by the fracture of any plate but one of Euphemia’s b... ...riod of brooding has come to an end. Yet how we longed to hear the last of Jane’s young man before we heard the last of him! Jane was always very free... ...ith a man who behaves as you do. You made us both ridiculous on Wednesday. Frankly, I dislike you, as you are now. I met you here to tell you so—as it... ...will be the end of it. I know that will be the end of it. And yet … I will frankly confess … all that marks off your actor from your common man … I de...

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...ment is their object, will be content to feel with Lilias, conjecture with Jane, and get into scrapes with Phyllis, without trou- bling themselves to ... ...ous truths worked out upon the same person- ages. Moreover, the skill of a Jane Austen or a Mrs. Gaskell is required to produce a perfect plot without... ...ather’s spirits. Mr. Mohun, however, did not long remain in ignorance, for Frank Hawkesworth himself arrived at Beechcroft to plead his cause with Ele... ...hould remain at home till Emily was old enough to take her place, and that Frank should then return from India and claim his bride. Well did she disch... ...on. The perils of fancy and romance were not, how- ever, to be dreaded for Jane, the fourth sister, a strong resem- blance of Eleanor in her clear com... ...re.’ ‘Radaratade,’ said the Marquis, laughing. ‘By the bye, if Eleanor and Frank Hawkesworth manage well, they may be here in time.’ ‘Because they are... ...as her duty,’ said Lily, ‘quite as if she did not care.’ ‘I wonder whether Frank thought so,’ said Claude. ‘At any rate you will confess that Emily is... ...had a good deal on her hands, requiring sense and activity, but Lilias and Jane were now quite old enough to assist her. Lily however, thought fit to ... ...reading with his cousin Mr. Devereux, and sharing his sisters’ amusements. Jane was in her own estimation an important member of the administration, a...

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...r research was in progress. But when Mr. Bensington conveyed to his cousin Jane something of what he had in mind, she put a prompt veto upon the impor... ...g. Among other things it would have saved all this trouble with his cousin Jane. And when he suggested this to Redwood, Redwood quite agreed with him.... ...d dry. III III III III III “That’s no chick,” said Mr. Bensington’s cousin Jane. “Well, I should think I knew a chick when I saw it,” said Mr. Bensing... ...I should think I knew a chick when I saw it,” said Mr. Bensington’s cousin Jane hotly. “It’s too big for a chick, for one thing, and besides you can s... ...ing all the evidence—” “Oh I if you do that,” said Mr. Bensington’s cousin Jane, “instead of using your eyes like a sensible person—” “Well, but reall... ... not present Skinner in the light of an appetising object. To be perfectly frank with the reader, I do not believe he ever went back to the Experiment... ...Redwood. “There isn’t a recipe. It’s no good, Winkles, if you’ll pardon my frankness. I’ll make you the powders myself.” “Just as well, perhaps,” said... ...oicing—in a simple honest fashion. A little simple drunk- enness, a little frank love-making, to conclude … poor dear Lady Wondershoot—she didn’t like...

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...home old enough for her grandfather. What should possess Theodora to bring Jane here now? I thought she would never have forgiven them. But we may as ... ...,’ but with the same brief reply. Presently, however, Theodora exclaimed, ‘Jane, you want me to talk to you; I cannot, unless you unsay that about Per... ...ourse open to her, and she has shrunk from it.’ ‘A grand course!’ repeated Jane, bewildered. ‘Yes, honest poverty, and independence. I looked to her t... ...‘Teaching my wife to gossip?’ said he, well pleased. ‘No, I have been with Jane.’ 45 Yonge ‘The eternal friendship!’ exclaimed he, in a changed tone.... ...his receding footsteps echoed mortifica- tion. Theodora looked after him. ‘Jane is right,’ she said to her- self, ‘he cares most for me. Poor Arthur! ... ...with them in the researches for Greek in- scription, Byzantine carving, or Frank fortress; she shared the exultation of deciphering the ancient record... ... though we had hardly ever let her see him.’ ‘Then he died?—how soon?’ ‘At Frankfort, a fortnight after we parted with him. It was a dreadful shock to... ... and Mr. Gardner together, and I do declare there was nothing but ease and frankness. I am sure he was more inclined to pay that sort of attention to ... ...xaggeration and reckless- ness of style were unpleasing, yet it really was frank and genu- ine, and Theodora’s declaration that Georgina was far pref-...

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...tly,” said Mr. Wardour. “Your two aunts in Lon- don, Lady Barbara and Lady Jane Umfraville, are kind enough to offer to take charge of you. Here is a ... ...tention to nothing else.’ Dear me! This is my Aunt Barbara, I see! Is Aunt Jane so ill?” 10 Countess Kate “She has had very bad health for many years... ...r during the long hours that the little girls had waited. “‘With your Aunt Jane’s love, and hoping shortly to be better acquainted, I remain, my dear ... ... housekeeping. Instead of that, Mary only thought whether Barbara and Lady Jane would make her little Kate happy and good. She was sure they were prou... ...oodness more actively than a little baby. Kate was sure that this was aunt Jane, and that she should get on well with her, though that slow way of spe... ... as to bring Lady Barbara’s eyes on her. “Did you see either Giles or poor Frank before they went out to him?” “Oh dear no!” This time the DEAR was fr... ...eatly elated. Luckily for appearances, she remembered how Miss Edgeworth’s Frank made himself ridiculous by showing off to Mrs. J— , and how she herse... ...used to make her quite unhappy to see how sharp he was with poor Giles and Frank.” “I never saw him in his own family,” said Mr. Wardour thoughtfully;... ...y sat round the fire, and this time in the dark, while once more Giles and Frank and all their ways were talked over and over, and Kate was forgot- te...

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... jokes, unto the end of time. Or now, I learn with bit- ter tears how poor Jane Shore, dressed all in white, and with her brown hair hanging down, wen... ...nly exception to this general rule is the child of my first cousin, Little Frank. I have a particular affection for that child, and he takes very kind... ... him a great many presents if I had been in circumstances to do it. Little Frank and I go and look at the outside of the Monument—he is very fond of t... ...touched my heart and brought the fool- ish tears into my eyes. When Little Frank is sent to school in the country, I shall be very much at a loss what... ...which will be worth nothing to sell, and which I shall beg may he given to Frank. I have written my dear boy a little letter with it, in which I have ... ...the world, and that one was almost as powerless as he was, for it was only Jane. Jane was a sort of wardrobe woman to our fellows, and took care of th... ...the matter with a fellow’s mother, he always went and showed the letter to Jane. Jane was Old Cheeseman’s friend. The more the Society went against hi... ...as Old Cheeseman’s friend. The more the Society went against him, the more Jane stood by him. She used to give him a good-humoured look out of her sti... ...nces, the Society resolved, after a quantity of meeting and debating, that Jane should be requested to cut Old Cheeseman dead; and that if she refused...

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... the high-spirited, turbulent Reginald, all the mischief being fomented by Jane’s pertness and curiosity, and only mitigated by the honest simplicity ... ...ell, what is it? You do not mean that you would prefer going to your Aunts Jane and Ada?’ ‘Oh no, no; only if I might go to school.’ ‘This is nonsense... ...d such a talk, and such a bustle, that I hardly knew which was which. Aunt Jane and Aunt Ada were a talking that it made my head turn round; but I saw... ...one who does that! All I was afraid of then was that father would let Aunt Jane and Aunt Ada come and live with us; but this is ever so much worse.’ ‘... ... and a tennis pinafore, and makes her waist just like a wasp. She and Aunt Jane live together at Rockquay, because she has bad health—at least she has... ... pro- ceeded—’The only thing left for you to do is to tell the whole story frankly and honestly. I don’t say so only for the sake of showing Aunt Lily... ..., daddy, daddy, it’s Mysie, and she has been tell- ing the truth like—like Frank, or Sir Thomas More, or George Washington, or anybody.’ She really di...

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...w: and besides, he had an attraction at Brighton in the person of the Lady Jane Sheepshanks, whose engagement to Mr. Crawley has been formerly mention... ...d 82 V anity Fair – V olume Two in the South Sea Islands. As for the Lady Jane, on whom, as it has been said, Mr. Pitt Crawley’s affection had been p... ...her present age of six-and-twenty, but that they were thrown off when Lady Jane was presented to Queen Charlotte. When these ladies first came to thei... ...uced Miss Briggs to the lady with whom he happened to be walking, the Lady Jane Sheepshanks, saying, “Lady Jane, permit me to intro- duce to you my au... ...s of the delightful ‘Lyrics of the Heart,’ of which you are so fond.” Lady Jane blushed too as she held out a kind little hand to Miss Briggs, and sai... ...prospects in life were—hoped heartily he would get on; and, in a word, was frank and amiable. James’s tongue unloosed with the port, and he told his c... ...es, of whom he stood in awe, the young gentleman’s 97 Thackeray agreeable frankness left him, and he relapsed into his usual surly timidity; contenti... ...on all the members of her husband’s family. He wrote to his brother a very frank, manly, good-humoured let- ter from Paris. He was aware, he said, tha... ...t to forget her former position of Governess towards them, but recalled it frankly and kindly, and asked them about their stud- ies with great gravity...

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...the waiting maid, it was held open and dishevelled to receive the fumes of frankin- cense, aloes-wood, cassia, costmary and other odorous woods, gums,... ...gnity, may be called a speech. We heard only these words—“Brothers in arms—frankness of a soldier.” The interrogatories of the President were clear. N... ...parte not at all. Charlemagne was a first-rate horse- man even amongst the Franks; Napoleon rode ill originally, and no practice availed to give him a... ...red by the times, and indispensable to the crisis which had arisen for the Franks; and he was himself protected by the necessi- ties to which he minis... ...ion the most benign; and desolation with a view to permanent security. The Frankish Emperor was thus invited to indulge in this most captivating of lu... ...to an unpar- donable length, as e.g. in the case of the gentle victim lady Jane Grey,] the Spanish ambassador seems to us at least four- teen feet hig...