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Nonfiction · 1883

Pages from an Old Volume of Life

A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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about 3.5 h
Length
51,394 words · 183 pages
Structure
5 chapters
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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  1. Bread and the Newspaper
  2. My Hunt After “The Captain.”
  3. The Inevitable Trial
  4. Cinders from the Ashes
  5. The Pulpit and the Pew

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