Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Only an anonymous tip-off prevented England losing her sovereignty as well as her King.
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© Colin Smith, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
First impressions prove to be quite misleading in the case of handsome, disagreeable Mr Darcy.
© David Croker, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Charles Dickens chastises those who alter the plots of classic tales to push some social agenda of their own.
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Oliver was elected as the unwilling spokesman for all the hungry children.
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Scrooge begs the Spirit of Christmas to tell him what will happen to Tiny Tim.
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Rudolf Rassendyll is on holiday in Ruritania when he stumbles across a plot by the King’s brother to steal the crown.