Classic·Young adult fiction
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
An indomitable imagination transforms quiet Avonlea when a spirited, red-haired orphan girl arrives by mistake.
Shared themes:#family
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1868 · Complete work
Little Women
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“Four sisters navigate poverty, creativity, and the turbulent transition to womanhood in Civil War New England.”
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the narrative chronicles the lives of the four March sisters: fiery, aspiring writer Jo; sensible Meg; gentle pianist Beth; and artistic, ambitious Amy. Guided by their resilient mother while their father serves away as a Union chaplain, the sisters confront economic hardship and personal trials. Through domestic adventures, moral lessons, and artistic pursuits, they strive to overcome their faults and carve out independent futures in a restrictive society.
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Episode 01
~12 min
Playing Pilgrims · I
““I planned to spend mine in new music,” said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder.”
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Episode 02
~9 min
Playing Pilgrims · II
““I think it was so splendid in Father to go as chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier,” said Meg warmly.”
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Episode 03
~11 min
A Merry Christmas · I
““Where is Mother?” asked Meg, as she and Jo ran down to thank her for their gifts, half an hour later.”
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Episode 04
~9 min
A Merry Christmas · II
“Out came Meg, with gray horsehair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak.”
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Episode 05
~11 min
The Laurence Boy · I
““Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully,” began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her.”
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Episode 06
~9 min
The Laurence Boy · II
““Yes, she makes me think of the German girls, she looks so fresh and quiet, and dances like a lady.””
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Episode 07
~13 min
Burdens · I
““Where’s the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I’m pretty or not?” she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk.”
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Episode 08
~10 min
Burdens · II
““I had a queer time with Aunt today, and, as I got the best of it, I’ll tell you about it,” began Jo, who dearly loved to tell stories.”
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Episode 09
~13 min
Being Neighborly · I
““Going out for exercise,” answered Jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.”
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Episode 10
~10 min
Being Neighborly · II
““Thank you, ma’am,” said a gruff voice behind her, and there, to her great dismay, stood old Mr. Laurence.”
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Episode 11
~8 min
Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful · I
““Never mind, let him take a holiday, and make it up afterward,” said the old gentleman.”
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Episode 12
~6 min
Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful · II
““For me?” gasped Beth, holding onto Jo and feeling as if she should tumble down, it was such an overwhelming thing altogether.”
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Episode 13
~8 min
Amy’s Valley of Humiliation · I
““That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn’t he?” said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed.”
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Episode 14
~5 min
Amy’s Valley of Humiliation · II
““You will now stand on the platform till recess,” said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun.”
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Episode 15
~12 min
Jo Meets Apollyon · I
““Just listen to me a minute, and be a good child,” said Meg soothingly.”
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Episode 16
~9 min
Jo Meets Apollyon · II
““Are you sure she is safe?” whispered Jo, looking remorsefully at the golden head, which might have been swept away from her sight forever under the treacherous ice.”
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Episode 17
~12 min
Meg Goes to Vanity Fair · I
““And such lovely weather, I’m so glad of that,” added Beth, tidily sorting neck and hair ribbons in her best box, lent for the great occasion.”
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Episode 18
~12 min
Meg Goes to Vanity Fair · II
““Nearly seventy, I believe,” answered Meg, counting stitches to hide the merriment in her eyes.”
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Episode 19
~8 min
Meg Goes to Vanity Fair · III
““Silence a la mort,” replied Laurie, with a melodramatic flourish, as he went away.”
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Episode 20
~9 min
The P.C. and P.O. · I
“At seven o’clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity.”
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Episode 21
~7 min
The P.C. and P.O. · II
““THE GREEK SLAVE, or Constantine the Avenger,” is the name of this thrilling drama!!!”
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Episode 22
~12 min
Experiments · I
““I shall lie abed late, and do nothing,” replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair.”
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Episode 23
~9 min
Experiments · II
““Here’s a sweet prospect!” muttered Jo, slamming the stove door open, and poking vigorously among the cinders.”
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Episode 24
~14 min
Camp Laurence · I
““Why, I left a pair over there, and here is only one,” said Meg, looking at the gray cotton glove.”
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Episode 25
~14 min
Camp Laurence · II
““Thank you, I prefer spiders,” she replied, fishing up two unwary little ones who had gone to a creamy death.”
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Episode 26
~9 min
Camp Laurence · III
““It’s so hard I’m afraid to try,” said Meg, grateful, but bashful in the presence of the accomplished young lady beside her.”
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Episode 27
~10 min
Castles in the Air · I
““Here’s a landscape!” thought Laurie, peeping through the bushes, and looking wide-awake and good-natured already.”
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Episode 28
~8 min
Castles in the Air · II
““Mine is to stay at home safe with Father and Mother, and help take care of the family,” said Beth contentedly.”
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Episode 29
~9 min
Secrets · I
“Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious.”
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Episode 30
~7 min
Secrets · II
““I don’t think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that,” said Jo rather ungratefully.”
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Episode 31
~9 min
A Telegram · I
““I dare say, but nothing pleasant ever does happen in this family,” said Meg, who was out of sorts.”
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Episode 32
~7 min
A Telegram · II
““No, I won’t!” returned Jo stoutly, feeling much relieved that her prank was not entirely condemned.”
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Episode 33
~8 min
Letters · I
“Be patient, Jo, don’t get despondent or do rash things, write to me often, and be my brave girl, ready to help and cheer all.”
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Episode 34
~6 min
Letters · II
“We have such funny times, and now I can enjoy them, for everyone is so desperately good, it’s like living in a nest of turtledoves.”
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Episode 35
~8 min
Little Faithful · I
““I’m too tired to go this afternoon,” replied Meg, rocking comfortably as she sewed.”
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Episode 36
~5 min
Little Faithful · II
““No, I’m sure I don’t, but I dare say I shall be, for I’ve been with Beth all the time.””
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Episode 37
~9 min
Dark Days · I
““I’ve sent for Mother,” said Jo, tugging at her rubber boots with a tragic expression.”
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Episode 38
~7 min
Dark Days · II
“I never can bear to be ‘lorded over’, so that settled my mind, and I did it.”
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Episode 39
~10 min
Amy’s Will · I
“She really did her best to make Amy happy, but, dear me, what mistakes she made.”
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Episode 40
~7 min
Amy’s Will · II
““That bird is the trial of my life,” she continued, removing the pink mountain from her head, while Laurie seated himself astride a chair.”
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Episode 41
~8 min
Confidential · I
“Then she slept again, and the girls waited upon their mother, for she would not unclasp the thin hand which clung to hers even in sleep.”
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Episode 42
~6 min
Confidential · II
“He’s been good to Father, and you won’t send him away, but let Meg marry him, if she wants to.”
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Episode 43
~12 min
Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace · I
““My child, what is it?” cried her mother, running to her, while Jo tried to take the paper which had done the mischief.”
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Episode 44
~10 min
Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace · II
““Yes, but you won’t do it,” answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first.”
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Episode 45
~12 min
Pleasant Meadows
“Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way.”
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Episode 46
~12 min
Aunt March Settles the Question · I
““Don’t say my John, it isn’t proper or true,” but Meg’s voice lingered over the words as if they sounded pleasant to her.”
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Episode 47
~9 min
Aunt March Settles the Question · II
““And I needn’t go away, but may stay and be happy, may I, dear?””
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Episode 48
~13 min
Gossip · I
“John Brooke did his duty manfully for a year, got wounded, was sent home, and not allowed to return.”
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Episode 49
~9 min
Gossip · II
““I haven’t a single finger bowl, but this is a setout that will last me all my days, Hannah says.””
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Episode 50
~12 min
The First Wedding
““I don’t want a fashionable wedding, but only those about me whom I love, and to them I wish to look and be my familiar self.””
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Episode 51
~11 min
Artistic Attempts · I
“Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.”
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Episode 52
~8 min
Artistic Attempts · II
““Use the chicken then, the toughness won’t matter in a salad,” advised his wife.”
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Episode 53
~8 min
Literary Lessons · I
““Prime, isn’t it?” asked the boy, as her eye went down the last paragraph of her portion.”
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Episode 54
~6 min
Literary Lessons · II
““I should so like to see it printed soon,” was all Beth said, and smiled in saying it.”
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Episode 55
~11 min
Domestic Experiences · I
“She brought so much love, energy, and cheerfulness to the work that she could not but succeed, in spite of some obstacles.”
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Episode 56
~11 min
Domestic Experiences · II
“John went to one window, unfolded his paper, and wrapped himself in it, figuratively speaking.”
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Episode 57
~7 min
Domestic Experiences · III
““It isn’t made or trimmed,” sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her.”
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Episode 58
~14 min
Calls · I
““You don’t mean to say you have forgotten that you promised to make half a dozen calls with me today?””
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Episode 59
~10 min
Calls · II
““Why do you always avoid Mr. Tudor?” asked Amy, wisely refraining from any comment upon Jo’s dilapidated appearance.”
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Episode 60
~13 min
Consequences · I
““Girls’ quarrels are soon over,” returned her mother, feeling a trifle ashamed of her own part in this one, as well she might.”
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Episode 61
~9 min
Consequences · II
““Tucked away out of sight, I dare say,” thought Jo, who could forgive her own wrongs, but hotly resented any insult offered her family.”
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Episode 62
~11 min
Our Foreign Correspondent · I
“Aunt and Flo were poorly all the way, and liked to be let alone, so when I had done what I could for them, I went and enjoyed myself.”
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Episode 63
~8 min
Our Foreign Correspondent · II
“Our rooms are on the Rue de Rivoli, and sitting on the balcony, we look up and down the long, brilliant street.”
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Episode 64
~13 min
Tender Troubles · I
““Why, Mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came.””
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Episode 65
~9 min
Tender Troubles · II
““No, it’s a new one, but I can bear it,” and Beth tried to check her tears.”
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Episode 66
~10 min
Jo’s Journal · I
“I’m going to write you a regular volume, for I’ve got heaps to tell, though I’m not a fine young lady traveling on the continent.”
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Episode 67
~10 min
Jo’s Journal · II
““Yes, and she’s jolly and we like her lots,” added Kitty, who is an ‘enfant terrible’.”
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Episode 68
~5 min
Jo’s Journal · III
“I like it very much, and he doesn’t seem tired of it yet, which is very good of him, isn’t it?”
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Episode 69
~11 min
Friend · I
““Not a first attempt, I take it?” observing that the pages were numbered, covered only on one side, and not tied up with a ribbon—sure sign of a novice.”
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Episode 70
~11 min
Friend · II
“They looked as if they were at ease, and liked to make him comfortable.”
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Episode 71
~7 min
Friend · III
“I’ve gone blindly on, hurting myself and other people, for the sake of money.”
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Episode 72
~12 min
Heartache · I
““I’ll come, Teddy, rain or shine, and march before you, playing ‘Hail the conquering hero comes’ on a jew’s-harp.””
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Episode 73
~9 min
Heartache · II
“As he listened, he lost his place, the music ended with a broken chord, and the musician sat silent in the dark.”
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Episode 74
~11 min
Beth’s Secret
“It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another.”
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Episode 75
~12 min
New Impressions · I
““I was detained by the way, but I promised to spend Christmas with you, and here I am.””
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Episode 76
~9 min
New Impressions · II
““Good evening, Diana!” said Laurie, with the look of satisfaction she liked to see in his eyes when they rested on her.”
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Episode 77
~13 min
On the Shelf · I
“If he hinted at a lecture or a concert, he was answered with a reproachful look, and a decided—“Leave my children for pleasure, never!””
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Episode 78
~11 min
On the Shelf · II
““Ditto, ditto, Mr. Brooke,” laughed Meg, looking young and pretty again, as she nodded to him over the teapot.”
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Episode 79
~10 min
Lazy Laurence · I
““Well, yes, but isn’t it rather warm for such a long walk?” he answered slowly, for the shaded salon looked inviting after the glare without.”
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Episode 80
~9 min
Lazy Laurence · II
““Polish up my other talents, and be an ornament to society, if I get the chance.””
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Episode 81
~6 min
Lazy Laurence · III
““I’d take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn’t be loved,” said Amy, with the decision of one who knew nothing about it.”
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Episode 82
~10 min
The Valley of the Shadow
“All day she haunted the room, jealous of any other nurse, and prouder of being chosen then than of any honor her life ever brought her.”
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Episode 83
~14 min
Learning to Forget · I
“Amy’s lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward.”
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Episode 84
~11 min
Learning to Forget · II
“He did come very soon, for the same mail brought letters to them both, but he was in Germany, and it took some days to reach him.”
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Episode 85
~9 min
All Alone · I
““My dear, nothing can comfort me like this,” he answered, with a falter in his voice, and both arms round her, as if he too, needed help, and did not fear to ask for it.”
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Episode 86
~7 min
All Alone · II
““So you are, my dear, and I should have made you mine, only I fancied it might pain you to learn that your Teddy loved someone else.””
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Episode 87
~12 min
Surprises · I
““Your what?” cried Jo, for Laurie uttered those two words with an unconscious pride and satisfaction which betrayed him.”
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Episode 88
~12 min
Surprises · II
““You never shall be again,” broke in Laurie, putting his arm about her, as if to fence out every human ill.”
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Episode 89
~7 min
Surprises · III
““Now, we must finish with Mignon’s song, for Mr. Bhaer sings that,” said Jo, before the pause grew painful.”
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Episode 90
~10 min
My Lord and Lady
““Weathercock can without the wind,” suggested Jo, as he paused for a simile.”
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Episode 91
~11 min
Daisy and Demi
““It’s your little mind, Demi,” replied the sage, stroking the yellow head respectfully.”
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Episode 92
~9 min
Under the Umbrella · I
“Under the circumstances, what could Jo do but greet him civilly, and invite him in?”
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Episode 93
~10 min
Under the Umbrella · II
““Miss Marsch, I haf a great favor to ask of you,” began the Professor, after a moist promenade of half a block.”
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Episode 94
~6 min
Under the Umbrella · III
““And so you came to find that it was not too poor, but the one precious thing I needed,” whispered Jo.”
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Episode 95
~12 min
Harvest Time · I
““No, I don’t,” was Jo’s decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress.”
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Episode 96
~9 min
Harvest Time · II
“Mr. March strolled placidly about, quoting Tusser, Cowley, and Columella to Mr. Laurence, while enjoying...”
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Public-domain work (1868). Text: Project Gutenberg #514. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more