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By William McGregor Paxton (1869–1941), Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
If little Maggie Tulliver is going to get her hair cut, it’s going to be done on her own terms.
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By Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), © Sailko, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elizabeth Bennet stonewalls her way through a disagreeable encounter with Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
© MiNe, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
In most contests the choices are win, lose or draw, but what happened here remains a mystery.
© Serge Novikoff, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
The story-teller recalls his first meeting with Nastenka, and the man who brought them together.
By Jose Maria Obregon (1832–1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.
By Just L'Hernault (1832-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Whenever Charles Miner suspected an ulterior motive, he would say quietly ‘That man has an axe to grind!’