Short Fiction Nesbit, Edith: Man and Maid (Short Story collection). v1. 06 October 2015

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Man and Maid
by Edith Nesbit(1858–1924)
First published 1906.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories.
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“Man and Maid” brings you thirteen short stories for adults, featuring various scares, surprises and twists of fate, all involving the waxing and waning fortunes of lovers. (—excerpted from Goodreads review.)

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org Ebook 33028, transcription of the 1906 first edition. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps.

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These are NOT mushy gushy romance stories. Give 'em a try, why don't you?

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