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Elsie Venner

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics35 chapters
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About this book

A young woman, Elsie Venner, bears an inherited venomous influence that shapes her nature and moral choices, challenging the ideas of sin and responsibility. This tale explores the blurred lines between biology, destiny, and human conscience.

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35 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01PREFACE. · Ch.1Free
02A SECOND PREFACE.
03PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
04CHAPTER I. THE BRAHMIN CASTE OF NEW ENGLAND.
05CHAPTER II. THE STUDENT AND HIS CERTIFICATE.
06CHAPTER III. MR. BERNARD TRIES HIS HAND.
07CHAPTER IV. THE MOTH FLIES INTO THE CANDLE.
08CHAPTER V. AN OLD-FASHIONED DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER.
09CHAPTER VI. THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW.
10CHAPTER VII. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON.
11CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING AFTER.
12CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY. (With a Digression on “Hired Help.”)

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