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The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby · Public domain text
177,345 words · about 12 h 25 min to read

Text only · 27 illustrations omitted. Illustrated source.
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The text of The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #59236. It is in English and public domain in the United States. Project Gutenberg credits George Cruikshank and John Leech as illustrators. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built
This text-only edition leaves out 27 illustrations. See the illustrated edition at Project Gutenberg.
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