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Recollections of a Gifted Woman
“I believe that I can form a more sensible and vivid idea of Shakspeare as a flesh-and-blood individual now that I have stood on the kitchen-hearth and in the birth-chamber.”
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About Warwick
“Along the smooth gleam and shadow of the quiet stream, through a vista of willows that droop on either side into the water, we behold the gray magnificence of Warwick Castle, uplifting itself among stately trees, and rearing its turrets high above their loftiest branches.”
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Leamington Spa
“An abode here is a genuine seclusion; for the ordinary stream of life does not run through this little, quiet pool, and few or none of the inhabitants seem to be troubled with any business or outside activities.”
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Library of Congress Chiefly About War Matters
The author of The Scarlett Letter traveled from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., to interview civil and military leaders during the Civil War.
