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Here we will put up works by famous classic English literature writers
together with the sound files. Most of these are on the recommended reading
list of universities. At this point we can only put up excerpts. However,
we are also choosing some to put up in their entirety in
the serial stories or short stories section.
If there is one that you would like us to put up
in its entirety, please let us know. If there is
enough demand, we will consider doing so.
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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Excerpt 2
"A great mistake, Chettam," interposed Mr. Brooke, "going into
electrifying your land and that kind of thing, and making a parlor
of your cow-house. It won't do. I went into science a great deal
myself at one time; but I saw it would not do. It leads to everything;
you can let nothing alone. No, no--see that your tenants don't sell
their straw, and that kind of thing; and give them draining-tiles,
you know. But your fancy farming will not do--the most expensive
sort of whistle you can buy: you may as well keep a pack of hounds."
"Surely," said Dorothea, "it is better to spend money in finding
out how men can make the most of the land which supports them all,
than in keeping dogs and horses only to gallop over it. It is not
a sin to make yourself poor in performing experiments for the good
of all."
She spoke with more energy than is expected of so young a lady,
but Sir James had appealed to her. He was accustomed to do so,
and she had often thought that she could urge him to many good actions
when he was her brother-in-law.
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