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    "Seth"
    "Seth"
    "Seth"
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    "Seth"

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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    Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett is best known for writing books for kids, and her classic A Little Princess, originally published in 1905, is considered one of literature's best children's novels.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateJan 7, 2016
    ISBN9781518360718
    "Seth"
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    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

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      "Seth" - Frances Hodgson Burnett

      SETH

      ..................

      Frances Hodgson Burnett

      PITHY PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

      Interior design by Pronoun

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Copyright, 1877

      Seth

      By

      Frances Hodgson Burnett

      Seth

      Published by Pithy Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1924

      Copyright © Pithy Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About PITHY Press

      Edgar Allan Poe once advised would-be writers to never waste a word, and indeed, some of literature’s greatest works are some of the shortest. Pithy Press publishes the greatest short stories ever written, from the realism of Anton Chekhov to the humor of O. Henry.

      COPYRIGHT, 1877

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      HE CAME IN ONE EVENING at sun set with the empty coal-train—his dull young face pale and heavy-eyed with weariness, his corduroy suit dusty and travel-stained, his worldly possessions tied up in the smallest of handkerchief bundles and slung upon the stick resting on his shoulder—and naturally his first appearance attracted some attention among the loungers about the shed dignified by the title of dépôt. I say naturally, because arrivals upon the trains to Black Creek were so scarce as to be regarded as curiosities; which again might be said to be natural. The line to the mines had been in existence two months, since the English company had taken them in hand and pushed the matter through with an energy startling to, and not exactly approved by, the majority of good East Tennesseeans. After the first week or

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