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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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11 Banned Books Through Time
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born September 4, 1810 • Nova Scotia • Canada
Died September 20, 1880 (aged 70) • Massachusetts
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