Cynthia; A Daughter of the Philistines

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Read Books, 2008 - Fiction - 296 pages
Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor

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About the author (2008)

Leonard Merrick (1864-1939) was an English novelist. He wrote twelve novels, including "Violet Moses", "The Worldlings", and "Conrad in Question of His Youth", as well as collections of short stories and plays. Many of his stories were made into films in the 1920s.

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