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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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On Holy Ground

A traveller went into a Shropshire pub looking for information about a patch of grass with peculiar properties.

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The Wife of Bath’s Tale

An Arthurian knight commits a dreadful crime against a woman, and is sent by Queen Guinevere on a fitting errand.

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The Six Labours of Theseus

Young Theseus sets out for Athens on foot to claim his kingdom, but the road is infested with giants, bandits and a savage sow.

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Could Do Better

The Report of the Newcastle Commission confirmed that there were no Dotheboys Halls among Yorkshire’s private schools.

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Equally Free

Sir Joshua Fitch urges Victorian society to let women make their own career choices – whatever they may be.

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Brimstone and Treacle

Mrs Squeers has lost the school spoon, and is uncomfortably frank about its importance.