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Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, Itโs time for the release of another free ebook! Just in time for Christmas, Iโm happy to present a holiday story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman โThe Silver Henโ. Born in Randolph, Massachusetts, in 1852, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman is best known as the author of numerous …
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Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, I am very happy to present the fourth title in my series of Grammaticus Free Library ebooks, designed primarily for English language learners (levels C1/C2), and all lovers of good literature. This one contains a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 'The Minister's Black Veil'. First published in …
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Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, It is my pleasure to present the third title in the series of Grammaticus Free Library ebooks. After โThe Snowโ by Hugh Walpole and โA Morning Walkโ by Kate Chopin, you can now download Sarah Orne Jewettโs short story โA White Heronโ, first published in 1886. Typical …
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"We translate more easily than we know our gratitude to God into our admiration of ourselves." Hugh Walpoleโs 1922 novel The Cathedral is one of the best works of this, now sadly and unjustly neglected, author. Regular readers of the Grammaticus blog hopefully havenโt missed the December 2022 release of his short ghost story The …
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