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Cora’s Valentine

February 6, 2010 | 0
Cora’s Valentine

By Edyth Kirkwood, as published in Peterson’s Magazine, February 1884 “Ah! there you are at last, Cora. I was just going to send your breakfast up to you. Did you have a pleasant time, at the party, last night?” Cora drew up her chair, stirred her coffee sleepily, repressed a yawn, and replied, slowly: “It [...]

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Chicot the Jester by Dumas

December 28, 2009 | 0
Chicot the Jester by Dumas

A vintage copy of Chicot the Jester, by Alexandre Dumas, author of The Man in the Iron Mask, Count of Monte Cristo, Three Musketeers…you know the man. Chicot the Jester is a romance, set in the court of King Henri III. This story is also known as “La Dame de Monsoreau.” Hardbound with red cloth [...]

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