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Dracula, Bram Stoker (1897)

On October 10, 2017February 24, 2026 By LaurieIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

“We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.” Reading Dracula was like reading Little Women. Steeped in the film versions, I thought I knew what I would find in the books. Both were a surprise, even though I know …

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Amy’s Pickled Limes-Little Women

On March 13, 2017February 24, 2026 By LaurieIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Why, you see, the girls are always buying them, and unless you want to be thought mean, you must do it, too. It’s nothing but limes now, for everyone is sucking them in their desks in schooltime, and trading them off for pencils, bead rings, paper dolls, or something else….If one girl likes another, she …

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