Extracts from Fiction

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Extracts from Fiction’

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The Sneeze of History Leo Tolstoy

It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

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Pure Selfishness H. G. Wells

The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.

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One False Step Jane Austen

Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.

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The Living Past Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

High above the roof of the Amazonian rainforest, Professor Challenger sees something that eerily reminds him of home.

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Love at First Bite P. G. Wodehouse

Sam felt that his epic romance might have started more promisingly.

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Happy Government Anthony Trollope

Lady Glencora scolds the Earl of Brentford for political inactivity, but he warns her to be careful what she wishes for.

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