The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales vs The ruling passion: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Bret Harte · 1889 ★★★★☆ 3.7 138 pages · ≈ 2 h 33 m · Challenging

The sun was going down on the Dedlow Marshes. The tide was following it fast as if to meet the reddening lines of sky and water in the west, leaving the foreground to grow blacker and blacker every moment, and to bring…

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Cover of The ruling passion The ruling passion Henry van Dyke · 1901 ★★★★☆ 3.8 144 pages · ≈ 2 h 40 m · Challenging

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally…

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