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...cs Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... families in England. There are the Warburtons and the Mannings—and you’re related to the Otways, aren’t you? I read it all in some magazine,” he adde... ...took part in a series of scenes such as the taming of wild ponies upon the American prairies, or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a bla... ...ich, after a moment’s hesitation, he put to Katharine. “Are you in any way related, I wonder, to the poet Alardyce? His daughter, I believe, married a... ...as only roughly sketched so far—jotted down, in fact, during the Christmas holidays. 221 Virginia Woolf “When you ought to have been taking a rest, M... ...d Mary dutifully, but her tone was flat and tired. “We learn to do without holidays, Miss Datchet,” said Mr. Clacton, with a spark of satisfaction in ...

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...Publication Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... .... I have seen no grandee of V ersailles that has the noble bearing of this American envoy and his suite. They have the refinement of the Old W orld, w... ... stop to HIS lancing for the future). I hastened to Cabrera’s quarter, and related to him some of my adventures during the day. “But, General,” said h... ...hey were anxious to place at the disposal of a champion so renowned. It is related that the Duchess Regent of Kartoffelberg offered him her hand, and ... ...ble study of novels—ever since the day when, lying on sunny slopes of half-holidays, the fair 313 Burlesques chivalrous figures and beautiful shapes ... ...ng, making friends, and play- ing tricks from morning to night, during the holidays. Indeed, it 368 Thackeray was from young Mac that we first heard ...

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...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...ned from individual history, or must remain words. There is nothing but is related to us, noth- ing that does not interest us,—kingdom, college, tree,... ...ever sanative conscience,—if we would trulier express our central and wide-related nature, instead of this old chronology of selfishness and pride to ... ... idols are Italy, England, Egypt, retains its fascination for all educated Americans. They who made England, Italy, or Greece venerable in the imagina... ...r of thought and quaint expression are as near to us as to any, and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done ... ... but he has no private character. He is a graceful cloak or lay-figure for holidays. All our poets, heroes, and 303 Emerson saints, fail utterly in s...

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...s by Thorstein Veblen A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen is a publication of the... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ... from such as are plainly of an industrial character and are only remotely related to 5 Veblen the typical leisure-class occupations. If we go a step... ...arning how to live a life of ostensible leisure in a becoming way. Closely related to the requirement that the gentleman must consume freely and of th... ...h to a greater extent than the latter. So it comes, for instance, that the American farmer and his wife and daughters are notoriously less modish in t... ... should come clad in garments of more than everyday expensiveness; that on holidays set apart in honor of or for communion with the divinity no work t... ...e ap- parel, and in a less degree to the food, which is consumed on sacred holidays; that is to say, on days set apart — tabu — for the divinity or fo...

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...Preface: If a book by an author who must call herself a veteran should be taken up by readers of a younger generation, they are begged to consider the first few chapters as a sort of prologue, introduced for the sake of those of elder years, who were kind enough to be interested in the domestic politics of the Mohuns and the Underwoods....

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...BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ... as she wished, but to go to the cliffs, that she might hear the adventure related in sight of the scene of action, he discovered that he had left a g... ...aret Hall.” “Yes, it incited her to worry Wilfred beyond sufferance in his holidays. I know if you or Lily had been always at me I should have kicked ... ...ll, she said, it was not the spirits, but the tobacco, which the Dutch and American sail- ors were glad enough to exchange for her mother’s commodi- t... ...on the Winchester roll, and that he was sure of entering college after the holidays. Gillian alone was allowed to go up to the station with her uncle ... ...it was with Gerald, for even to Dolores he had not told half what Ludmilla related. “My Dearest Mrs. Henderson, “It is a long time since I received yo...

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...Excerpt: It would appear that for inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singular, highly significant phenomenon, and now also means more or less complete for ascertaining its significan...

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...Autobiography Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Translated by John Oxenford Introduct... ... Introduction by Thomas Carlyle Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, trans. John Oxenford, with an int... ... John Oxenford, with an introduction by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ..., we are yet little acquainted. These two classes of works stand curiously related with each other; at first view, in strong contradiction, yet, in tr... ...cene in Auerbach’s cellar. Egmont was also begun under the stimulus of the American Rebel- lion. A way of escaping from his embarrassments was unex- p... ... mingled with the crowd at the audiences of the burgomasters. But whatever related to the election and coronation of the emperors possessed a greater ... ...nied, that in general, but especially in the silent moments of Sundays and holidays, it has something imposing; and when in the moonlight the streets ... ...ent set every thing in motion, and procured us a tolerable succes- sion of holidays. Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France, was...

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...Excerpt: Part I, Chapter 1; HAPPY families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys? house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in ...

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... ANNA KARENINA A NOVEL BY COUNT LEO TOLSTOY Translated from the Russian BY CONSTANCE GARNETT DjVu Editions Copyright c 2002 by Glo... .... First published in Russian, 1877. “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Romans 12:19 Contents Part I 1 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . ... ...French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her hus band that she could not go on living in the same house with h... ...the house; the English gov erness quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man c... ...e! Alabin was giving a dinner at Darmstadt; no, not Darmstadt, but something American. Yes, but then, Darmstadt was in America. Yes, Alabin was giving... ...hem in the most natural way. This Rus sian girl was not, as Kitty gathered, related to Madame Stahl, nor was she a paid attendant. Madame Stahl calle... ...know her belle sœur.” “No, she’s not my aunt. I call her mamma, but I am not related to her; I was brought up by her,” answered Varenka, flushing a lit... ...y now at a high school, had to go over the lessons of the term in the summer holidays. Darya Alexandrovna, who had been studying Latin with her son in... ...t know which drinks most, the peasantry or our own class; the peasants do on holidays, but. . . ” But Kitty took not the slightest interest in discuss...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Darya Alexandrovna spent the summer with her children at Pokrovskoe, at her sister Kitty Levin?s. The house on her own estate was quite in ruins, and Levin and his wife had persuaded her to spend the summer with them. Stepan Arkadyevitch greatly appr...

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...na – Part Six by Leo Tolstoy, trans. Constance Garnett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...now at a high school, had to go over the lessons of the term in the summer holidays. Darya Alexandrovna, who had been studying Latin with her son in M... ...ourney was as lively as their drive out had been. Veslovsky sang songs and related with enjoyment his adventures with the peasants, who had regaled hi... ...ift of humorous storytelling, made Varenka helpless with laugh- ter as she related for the third and fourth time, always with fresh humorous additions... ...re I call upon the count, and in three words we settle the business.” “The American way of doing business,” said Sviazhsky, with a smile. “Yes, there ... ... Sergey Ivanovitch explained to him the meaning and object of the proposed revolution at the elections. The marshal of the province in whose hands the...

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...Excerpt: This volume is divided into seven parts. First we have Tales for Children, published about the year 1872, and reminding us of the time when Tolstoy was absorbed in efforts to educate the peasant children. This section of the book contains the two stories which of all that he has written Tolstoy likes best. In What ...

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...OLSTOY A PSU Electronic Classics Series Publication PREFACE....3 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS ....5 A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS ....13 THE BEAR HUNT ... ... ....49 A SPARK NEGLECTED ....71 TWO OLD MEN ....86 WHERE LOVE IS, ....109 THE STORY OF IVÁN THE FOOL, .....122 EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES ....149... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; art work: family portrait of ... ... had occurred. While they talked, the Tartars looked on in silence. Zhílin related what had happened to him; and Kostílin told how his horse had stopp... ...le sky were on the move. I found my comrade sleeping, but woke him up, and related how we had got round the bear. After telling our peasant host to co... ...ament in large print, and began to read. At first he meant only to read on holidays, but hav ing once begun he found it made his heart so light that ... ...hy will be done!’ From that time Martin’s whole life changed. Formerly, on holidays he used to go and have tea at the public house, and did not even r... ..., DEATH AND SICKNESS A LEGEND. THIS IS A LEGEND current among the South American Indi ans. God, say they, at first made men so that they had no ne...

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...ve by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...lso have been a party against Sir Willoughby, composed of the two or three revolutionists, tired of the yoke, which are to be found in England when th... ...gentleman’s expense, the tale seemed fictitious to Laetitia until Crossjay related how that he had stood to salute on the road to the railway, and tak... ...pleased that the lead should be withdrawn from him, he turned to Clara and related one of the after-dinner anecdotes of Dr. Corney; and another, with ... ...re not ‘calculating’. More offensive than debris of a midnight banquet! An American tour is in- structive, though not so romantic. Not so romantic as ... ...ITIA: WITH YOUNG CROSSJAY UNDER A COVERLET YOUNG CROSSJAY was a glutton at holidays and never thought of home till it was dark. The close of the day s...

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...nett Complete Edition A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, trans. Constance ... ...odor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, trans. Constance Garnett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...he monastery, and famous in the neighbourhood. There was no vodka. Rakitin related after- wards that there were five dishes: fish-soup made of sterlet... ...tured, flayed alive, and died, praising and glorifying Christ. Grigory had related the story at table. Fyodor Pavlovitch always liked, over the desser... ...dresses, fitting tight at the back, and with trains a yard long, on Church holidays or when they went to pay visits. But next morning they would get u... ... but a wild mad recklessness. It happened that July, during the summer holidays, that the mother and son went to another district, forty-five mile... ..., already. Even though Grusha will be with me. Just look at her; is she an American? She is Russian, Russian to the marrow of her bones; she will be h...