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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1135

The Tragedy of King Oedipus

Oedipus flees home in an attempt to escape a dreadful prophecy, unware that it is following at his heels.

1136

St Ahmed

A Turkish official was itching to know the secret behind a Russian slave girl’s personal charm.

1137

‘Recessional’

A heartfelt plea for humility at the height of Britain’s Empire.

1138

The Nightingale and the Glow Worm

A kind of Aesop’s Fable in verse, about mutual respect among those with different talents.

1139

King Solomon’s Mines

Allan Quartermain goes in search of a lost tourist and a legendary hoard of diamonds.

1140

Redeemed for Five Shillings

Elfric, the tenth-century English abbot, suggests a practical way of thinking about the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.