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The following short sonnet, written by the famous Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874โ1942), is about the transitory nature of autumn. Standing between summer and winter, the month of September is still warm and delightful, but there are telling signs of change in the air...
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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With Thanksgiving Day coming up, in this blog post Iโm going to present her poem โThanksgivingโ, found in the 1903 edition of Poems of Power. It cautions against taking things for granted and urges readers to appreciate the simple joys of life.
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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