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Tess of the Storm Country

Grace Miller White · 1909

A 1909 novel set among squatter fishermen on the shores of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca, New York, who are scorned by the town's residents. The story centers on Tessibel Skinner, the passionate, ragged daughter of a fisherman, amid growing conflict between the two communities.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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