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Kate Ashley

@kmans.bsky.social
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Academic. Nova Scotia. Lover of books, beaches, baking, end-of-the-world movies, the 19th century, France, and Scotland. Dix-neuviémiste. Victorianist. Law. RLS.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/08/2026
#OTD, 7 Aug, 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson set sail in the SS 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 from Greenock to New York in pursuit of love. In THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT he gives a vivid, sharp, & engaging account of his (impoverished) travels to & in America – read the first 5 chapters free 👇 1/3 #C19 asls.org.uk/publications...
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The Amateur Emigrant
by Robert Louis Stevenson Introduction by Julia Reid Published in: PDF “In the steerage there are males and females; in the second cabin ladies and gentlemen. For some time after I came aboard I…
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1/ Two-part blog on program costing analysis and why overwrought methodologies usually aren't worth the effort, using an egregiously awful methodology from Nova Scotia, courtesy of Huron Consulting. Here's part 1, from yesterday:
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Garbage In, Garbage Out: Nova Scotia Edition (Part 1) | HESA
You may have heard of the program costing exercise (as part of an Academic Program Review) that the government of Nova Scotia has foisted on the institutions in that province. Today, I am going to go ...
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Delighted to see Acadia honour Portia’s contributions to journalism in Nova Scotia and Canada! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #acadiau #cbc #ns
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Acadia to award CBC Radio host Portia Clark with honorary doctorate | CBC News
Acadia University is awarding longtime CBC journalist and host Portia Clark with an honorary doctor of letters degree, recognizing her work that has "shaped civic conversation for decades."
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 14/03/2026
Mort de Jacques Revel, ancien président de l’Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales et figure majeure de l’historiographie française
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Mort de Jacques Revel, ancien président de l’Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales et figure majeure de l’historiographie française
L’historien, qui a notamment travaillé sur la société d’Ancien Régime, a contribué à promouvoir la microhistoire, pour mieux approcher les réalités passées. Il s’est éteint jeudi 12 mars, à l’âge de 83 ans.
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Article in the Globe and Mail highlighting the state of French-second-language learning in Canada. For families, educators and advocates of French learning, this is an important look at why improving FSL education matters for Canada’s future. Article available here: cpf.ca/national/the...
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The French Lesson that Canada Needs - Canadian Parents for French
The Globe and Mail – March 7, 2026
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Acadia University AI literacy course is now free for the public. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AI #AcadiaU @acadiapresident.bsky.social
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Acadia University opens up AI literacy course to public for free | CBC News
Acadia University hopes an introductory course about AI tools can bring students and the public better understanding about AI technology.
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New research from CarletonU on the benefits of bilingualism for neurodivergent brains. #bilingualism #carletonU #cpf challenge.carleton.ca/bilingualism...
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How Bilingualism Supports Communication in Neurodiversity
Research shows bilingualism and neurodiversity may strengthen communication, social skills and cognitive control in ASD and schizophrenia.
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Tom Ue @tomue.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Keith Clavin's special issue @global19c.bsky.social is free to access, for a limited time, @livunipress.bsky.social! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/gncs/2/1
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Contents | Global Nineteenth-Century Studies 2, 1
In an effort to expand the fields of literary, cultural, and ethnic studies, the collection of articles herein focuses upon an often-overlooked set of imperial relations between Britain and Latin America in the nineteenth century. The most common and ...
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Excellent new resources from Dyslexia Canada to support French Immersion students and families. dyslexiacanada.org/support/fren...
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French Immersion - Dyslexia Canada
Families often have important questions about how learning to read in French, and sometimes in both French and English at the same time, affects their child’s
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It's online! It's open to anyone, anywhere in the world! We'll be reading the texts below but we'll be diving into the history of romance well beyond them! I'm really excited to have the possibility to run a popular romance course... let's make sure it runs!
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Learn more www.bl.uk/about/international/inter… bsky.app/profile/britishlibrary.bsk… [2/2]
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International Library Leaders Programme
International Library Leaders Programme
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Good Morning File today on the value of “useless” degrees: “[…] any instrumentalist view is problematic. Things are worth studying for their own sake: religion, art, philosophy. They are part of what makes us human, and that’s enough justification on its own.”
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
CBC Info Morning interview on NS university independence. #psed #NovaScotia #NS www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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Musée d'Orsay @museeorsay.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
«Sortez du cadre ! Escape book au musée d’Orsay» 📚 Comment échapper aux héritages douteux du XIXe en 144 pages, plus de 48 jeux et 65 œuvres ? Hortense Belhôte vous entraîne dans une relecture déconstruite de nos collections, aussi drôle et décalée que documentée. 👉 bit.ly/4pqX5Qs
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
It’s time to talk about our universities. They matter. #novascotia #educationlaw #NSEd
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Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The latest edition of SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW, edited by @rhonabrown.bsky.social and me, is now live on Project MUSE. This is a bumper edition, so fill yer boots! @asls.org.uk share.google/zC2gG3GXNdlu...
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Project MUSE - Scottish Literary Review-Volume 17, Number 2, Autumn/Winter 2025
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Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize. ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
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Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize
The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…
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Efram Sera-Shriar @dreframss.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal. Journal details 👇 www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
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Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research
Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social is here!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
British Academy report 'emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs – as essential infrastructure that contributes directly to economic growth and the reduction of social inequalities.'
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Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework, British Academy report argues
A new report commissioned by the British Academy emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs...
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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Looking for a place to shop on Indie Bookstore Day and everyday in Canada? Let me know if I missed ya (sorry not intentional) or if you know a shop that needs to be added! #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores #IndependentBookstores go.bsky.app/VMTA1Qu
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Joshua Byron Smith @joshuabyronsmith.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.
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The North American Journal of Celtic Studies
The North American journal of Celtic studies is the official journal of the Celtic Studies Association of North America
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public. I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
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BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the International Slave Trade
A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says www.theguardian.com/...
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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
La vie est meilleure quand la littérature se fait voir.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Another day wasted when university presidents & chancellors could have been in front of microphones. The total lack of loud public collective action condemning this & explaining to Americans why this is a complete disaster is utterly maddening. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Happy to see this book on Education Law in Canada come to fruition. All three authors are Schulich alumni! #education #teachers #law
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Penguins Against Trump @penguinsagainstdt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Us finding out about the tariffs yesterday.
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
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DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services
DOGE employees and a new acting director showed up at the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on Thursday for an intended 'raid'
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
How many signs of democratic collapse do we need? A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students? The list goes on.
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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Fellowship opportunity here at Edinburgh for unaffiliated ECRs in C19 studies. Very happy to chat to anyone who’s interested in applying.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/03/2025
🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾 📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
Logo for the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, with Wayback in red and Machine in black.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 13/03/2025
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A reporter asks Trudeau about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s characterization of the current U.S. situation which she called a "psychodrama." "How would you characterize it?" Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
All national teams should start threatening a boycott of World Cup USA 2026.
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The world is coming to America for next summer’s World Cup. There are big concerns over whether the US is ready | CNN
The 2026 World Cup is still more than a year away, but top travel executives are warning the US could struggle to effectively stage the tournament unless big changes are made quickly.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🍁 Calling all Canadians! BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 …to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts. Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-... My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/ Please share!
Screenshot from my EM Canada TikTok
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/03/2025
‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
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Het meisje met de talen @hetmeisjemdtalen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Keeping it together while fighting for the survival of your country in your 3rd language all while being attacked and bullied by two native, monolingual speakers wins best language learner accomplishment of the year #langsky
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 17/02/2025
L’autrice Antonine Maillet, première Goncourt non européenne et figure de l’Acadie, est morte à 95 ans
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L’autrice Antonine Maillet, première Goncourt non européenne et figure de l’Acadie, est morte à 95 ans
Elle a été la première francophone hors d’Europe à être lauréate en 1979 du prix Goncourt pour son roman « Pélagie-la-Charrette » et reste, à ce jour, la seule Canadienne à avoir obtenu le prestigieux prix littéraire français.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38 There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Some great Canadian content to follow. Appuyons le contenu canadien sur Bluesky. Vive le Canada!
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Welcome to the National Library of Scotland's Bluesky account! We're chuffed to be joining you all here 🦋 Lets run through some introductions!
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Delighted and excited to announce the new @bloomsburylit.bsky.social long 19th C series, 'The New Nineteenth Century', edited by Porscha Fermanis and Omar Miranda. @amymartin13.bsky.social and soliciting proposals now, so read the blurb and please DM/email with ideas! Reposts gratefully received!
Bloomsbury flyer for a new series titled The New Nineteenth Century, edited by Porscha Fermanis and Omar F Miranda. Series blurb reads: The New Nineteenth Century tracks the ever-evolving dynamism of long nineteenth-century studies by publishing exciting innovations and diverse voices in our field. The series welcomes scholarly monographs
and edited collections that foreground the cultural, epistemic, and linguistic plurality of the decades from 1750 to 1920, including underexplored and underrepresented literary productions from around the globe. We embrace a wide range of methodologies and approaches, especially those that challenge and revise existing discourses, or seek to broaden knowledge about non-Anglophone archives, texts, and sources.
For more information or to discuss an idea for a book in the series, please contact:
Amy Martin, Acquisitions Editor, Amy.Martin@bloomsbury.com
Ben Doyle, Senior Publisher, Ben.Doyle@bloomsbury.com
Porscha Fermanis, Porscha.Fermanis@ucd.ie
Omar F. Miranda, OFMiranda@usfca.edu
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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 20/01/2025
Menhirs inconnus, tumulus géants et traces enfouies : après plus de 70 ans sans fouilles, des chercheurs redévoilent l’histoire d’une organisation encore énigmatique grâce à la géophysique. ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/0Q7
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚 19/20
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Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Care to join me in reading “The Moonstone” in its serialized form? The first instalment was published in “All the Year Round” on January 4, 1868. Link here (starts on p. 73): archive.org/details/ally...
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All The Year Round : Charles Dickens : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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