Mary Chesnut's Civil War
Mary Chesnut
The incomparable Civil War diarist Mary Chesnut wrote that she had the luck “always to stumble in on the real show.”
Married to a high-ranking member of the Confederate government, she was ideally placed to watch and to record the South’s headlong...
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United States
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The incomparable Civil War diarist Mary Chesnut wrote that she had the luck “always to stumble in on the real show.” Married to a high-ranking member of the Confederate government, she was ideally placed to watch and to record the South’s headlong plunge to ruin, and she left in her journals an unsurpassed account of the old regime’s death throes, its moment of high drama in world history. With intelligence and passion, she described the turbulent events of politics and war, as well as the complex society around her. In her own circles, the aristocratic, patriarchal, slave-holding Mary Chesnut was a figure of heresy and of paradox: she had a horror of slavery and called herself an abolitionist from early youth. Edited by the eminent historian C. Vann Woodward, Mary Chesnut’s Civil War presents a full and reliable edition of Chesnut’s journals, restoring her to her rightful place in American history and literature. Duration - 2h 37m. Author - Mary Chesnut. Narrator - Suzanne Toren. Published Date - Saturday, 17 January 2026.
Language:
English
Introduction: Diary in Fact—Diary in Form
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Mary Boykin Chestnut, 1823–1886
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Of Heresy and Paradox
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Editorial Problems and Policies
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I. Road to Montgomery
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II. Nation in the Making - 1
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II. Nation in the Making - 2
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II. Nation in the Making - 3
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II. Nation in the Making - 4
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II. Nation in the Making - 5
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II. Nation in the Making - 6
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II. Nation in the Making - 7
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II. Nation in the Making - 8
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II. Nation in the Making - 9
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II. Nation in the Making - 10
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II. Nation in the Making - 11
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II. Nation in the Making - 12
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II. Nation in the Making - 13
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II. Nation in the Making - 14
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II. Nation in the Making - 15
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II. Nation in the Making - 16
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II. Nation in the Making - 17
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II. Nation in the Making - 18
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 1
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 2
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 3
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 4
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 5
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 6
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 7
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 8
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 9
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 10
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 11
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 12
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 13
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 14
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III. "Into the Black Cloud" - 15
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IV. The Home Front - 1
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IV. The Home Front - 2
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IV. The Home Front - 3
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IV. The Home Front - 4
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IV. The Home Front - 5
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IV. The Home Front - 6
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IV. The Home Front - 7
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 1
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 2
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 3
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 4
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 5
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 6
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 7
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 8
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 9
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 10
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V. Waiting for the Real War - 11
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 1
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 2
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 3
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 4
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 5
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 6
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 7
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 8
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VI. "First Sprightly Running" - 9
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 1
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 2
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 3
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 4
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 5
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 6
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 7
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 8
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 9
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 10
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 11
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VII. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 12
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 1
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 2
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 3
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 4
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 5
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 6
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 7
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VIII. "I Am Always on the Women's Side" - 8
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 1
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 2
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 3
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 4
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 5
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 6
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 7
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 8
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 9
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 10
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 11
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 12
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 13
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 14
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 15
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 16
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 17
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 18
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 19
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 20
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 21
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IX. Witherspoon Murder Case - 22
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 1
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 2
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 3
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 4
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 5
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 6
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 7
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 8
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 9
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 10
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X. Fall of Port Royal - 11
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 1
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 2
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 3
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 4
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 5
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 6
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 7
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 8
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 9
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 10
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 11
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XI. "Provincial Sloth" - 12
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XII. The Politics of War - 1
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XII. The Politics of War - 2
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XII. The Politics of War - 3
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XII. The Politics of War - 4
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XII. The Politics of War - 5
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XII. The Politics of War - 6
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XII. The Politics of War - 7
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XII. The Politics of War - 8
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XII. The Politics of War - 9
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XII. The Politics of War - 10
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XII. The Politics of War - 11
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XII. The Politics of War - 12
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XII. The Politics of War - 13
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XII. The Politics of War - 14
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XII. The Politics of War - 15
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XII. The Politics of War - 16
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XII. The Politics of War - 17
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XII. The Politics of War - 18
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XII. The Politics of War - 19
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XII. The Politics of War - 20
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XII. The Politics of War - 21
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XII. The Politics of War - 22
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XII. The Politics of War - 23
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XII. The Politics of War - 24
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XII. The Politics of War - 25
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XII. The Politics of War - 26
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XII. The Politics of War - 27
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XII. The Politics of War - 28
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 1
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 2
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 3
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 4
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 5
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 6
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 7
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 8
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 9
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 10
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 11
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 12
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 13
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 14
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 15
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 16
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XIII. "With Horror and Amazement" - 17
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 1
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 2
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 3
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 4
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 5
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 6
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 7
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 8
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 9
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 10
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 11
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 12
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 13
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 14
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XIV. "Nothing to Chronicle but Disasters" - 15
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 1
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 2
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 3
Duration:00:17:32
XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 4
Duration:00:06:04
XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 5
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 6
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 7
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 8
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 9
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XV. "Fiction Is So Flat, Comparatively" - 10
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