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822:Behind the Singer Tower
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1096:Edith Lewis
1068:O Pioneers!
1062:(2001 film)
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1044:O Pioneers!
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1036:A Lost Lady
1028:Adaptations
946:collections
944:Short story
913:Two Friends
780:The Profile
766:Paul's Case
454:A Lost Lady
447:One of Ours
426:O Pioneers!
208:Olaf Oleson
179:Lena Hanson
147:Asa Skinner
125:rattlesnake
64:Publication
58:Short story
28:Short story
1121:Categories
1052:My Antonia
696:Jack-a-Boy
440:My Ăntonia
289:Doryphoros
141:Characters
92:April 1900
361:Full Text
334:Footnotes
251:The Bible
212:accordion
119:In rural
878:Her Boss
236:Constant
175:-keeper.
169:Genereau
121:Nebraska
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46:Language
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864:Ardessa
364:at the
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214:player.
134:mustang
49:English
38:Country
411:Novels
312:, and
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230:Gerard
173:saloon
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