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The favorites of flora; or, a chaplet for the brow of merit

This excerpt of The Favorites of Flora shows a woman losing her house and her possessions. The reader does not have a sense of the young lady’s…

“The Long Island Railroad Electrified”

This article, published in 1905, discusses the transformation of the Long Island railroad from using steam to being electrically-operated. Trains,…

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco (Riviera)

Selden and Carry start out in Monte Carlo in the beginning of Book 2. This image shows Monte Carlo and the casino in Monte Carlo. Here is where all of…

Women Gamblers in Wall Street

According to the House of Mirth, Lily used the stock market on Wall Street in order to pay for her debts, which generated from playing bridge. In the…

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

1834-10-11
This article is about someone’s experiences with weather….. They felt like the weather was not extremely cold or severely hot…