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In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1899

A novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1899, set at Talbot's Cross-roads, where the residents gather at the post office of Big Tom D'Willerby, a lazy and popular storekeeper whose past and name suggest connections to a family claim.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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