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title: 'Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama: A Revised American Edition of the Reader’s Handbook, Vol. 5'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune'
date: 1896-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'Fiction'
- 'Poetry'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'John 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/terhune-1896-character-sketches-of-romance-fiction-and-the-drama-a-revised-american-edition-of-the-readers-handbook-vol-5
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# Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama: A Revised American Edition of the Reader’s Handbook, Vol. 5

Excerpt from a Victorian Reader's Handbook: character sketches and illustration listings (e.g., Longfellow's "The Death of Minnehaha", Marmion, Silas Marner, Macheath). OCRed text with irregular typography.

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