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Text 1 The Scholarship from “Green Years” by A. J. Cronin
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Text 2 A dog and three dollars by M. Twain
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Text 3 A day’s wait by E. Hemingway
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Text 4 The green door by O.
Henry
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Text 5 Brave mother from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin by H. Beecher-Stowe
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Text 6 The reading public by S. Leacock
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Text 7 The nightingale and the rose by O. Wilde
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Text 9 Martin Eden (extract) by J. London
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Text 10 Lost in the Post by A. Philips
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Text 11 Success Story by J. G. Cozzens
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Text 12 Hunting for a Job by S.S. McClure
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Text 13 A Foul Play by R. Roark
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Text 14 Jimmy Valentine's Reformation by O. Henry
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Text 15 Letters in the Mail by E. Caldwell
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Text 16 The Bramble Bush by Ch. Mergendahl
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Text 17 The Beard by G. Clark
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Text 18 Lautisse Paints Again by H.A.
Smith
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Text 19 A Good Start by O. Henry
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Text 20 The Filipino and the Drunkard by W. Saroyan
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Text 21 The Dinner Party by N. Montserrat
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Text 22 Fair of Face by C. Hare
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Text 23 Caged by L.E. Reeve
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Text 24 The TV
Blackout by Art Buchwald
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Text 25 Then in Triumph by F. L. Parke
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Text 26 The Verger by W. S. Maugham
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Text 27 A Lion's Skin by W.S. Maugham
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Text 28 Footprints in the Jungle by W.S. Maugham
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Text 29 The Ant and the Grasshopper by W.S. Maugham
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Text 30 The Happy Man by W.S. Maugham
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Text 31 The Escape by W.S. Maugham
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Text 32 Mr. Know-All by W.S. Maugham
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Text 33 Art for Hearts Sake by R. Goldberg
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Text 34 Wager with Destiny by E.E. Gatti
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Text 35 The Mystery of the Blue Jar by Agatha Christie
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