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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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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.

872

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.

873

Could Do Better

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

874

Equally Free

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

875

Brimstone and Treacle

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

876

The Fact-Lovers

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson saw the demand for hard evidence as a peculiarly English trait.