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Fiction · 1877

The Story of a Mine

Bret Harte

Reading time
about 2.5 h
Length
37,135 words · 141 pages
Structure
16 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Victorian

The Story of a Mine, first published in 1877, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Chapter I — Who Sought It
  3. Chapter II — Who Found It
  4. Chapter III — Who Claimed It
  5. Chapter IV — Who Took It
  6. Chapter V — Who Had a Lien on It
  7. Part II — In the Courts
  8. Chapter VI — How a Grant Was Got for It
  9. Chapter VII — Who Plead for It
  10. Chapter VIII — Of Counsel for It
  11. Chapter IX — What the Fair Had to Do About It
  12. Part III — In Congress
  13. Chapter X — Who Lobbied for It
  14. Chapter XI — How It Was Lobbied for
  15. Chapter XII — A Race for It
  16. Chapter XIII — How It Became Famous
  17. Chapter XIV — What Culture Did for It
  18. Chapter XV — How It Became Unfinished Business
  19. Chapter XVI — And Who Forgot It

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Bret Harte

1836–1902 · Victorian

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