Charles Dickens 
Dickens‘ Short Stories 
Containing: The Detective Police; Three Detective Anecdotes; The Pair of Gloves; The Artful Touch; The Sofa; Sunday in a Work-House; The Noble Savage; Our School; Our Vestry; Our Bore; A Monument of French Folly; A Christmas Tree; Etc

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