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The elusive fiction of Phyllis Paul
The dignity and challenge of solitude
By Colin Richmond, from “Deliberation and Precipitation: Fresh Eggs, c. 1890–c. 1910,” published in the Winter 2014 issue of Common Knowledge. Richmond is professor emeritus of medieval history at the…
Freeing Wharton from the master's shadow
Henry James's curriculum vitae
The sister of her brothers
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