Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about...
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about...
Trading company. Ledgers (1902-1907) recording the daily commerce of the Choska Trading Company, a general merchandise store which operated in the Creek Nation villages of Choska, and Porter, Indian Territory.
Indian chief. Typescripts of correspondence (1894-1901); speeches (1893-1907); and newspaper articles (1871-1902) relating to Porter as a principal chief of the Creek Nation and president of the Sequoyah Convention, the allotment of lands by the...
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens in 1859. Through the fate of several main characters, the story tells about the life of people living in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
In 1775, Dr....
A satire on Utilitarianism set in a provincial industrial town, portraying the dreariness of life for industrial workers, the hopelessness of decent people trapped in a failed marriage, and the fallacy of mechanical theories of human nature
Written in Genoa, Italy, The Chimes is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about his...
Family collection. Correspondence (1834-1919) regarding Creek Indian history, including tribal politics, tribal factionalism, the Green Peach War, sale of Creek lands in Alabama, removal, allotment of land, and related administrative matters....
Collector. Transcripts of interviews (ca. 1930-1958) with pioneers who took part in the 1893 land run into the Cherokee Strip. The interviews contain descriptions of the land run, hardships encountered, sod houses and dugouts, agriculture,...